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This brief note from LeRoy Neiman theorizes artistic process. He writes, “To (process) painting is to confirm / It’s not the destination / It’s the journey.” The remark then insinuates to find both painting and process, one must paradoxically…
Tags: Art, Art Process, Document, Notes
Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on the connection between art and play.
Tags: Art, Art Process, Document, Notes, Play
Note on Art
This note, with its poetic verse and range of refererences detailing LeRoy Neiman's interest in sports art, audience, and variable brushstrokes, is most likely an intital draft of the artist's catalogue essay for his monograph Winners: My Thrity…
Tags: Art, Being a Sports Artist, Document, Japan, Landscapes, Notes, Sketching, Sports
Note on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman lists a range of the artist's references, including Armenian artist Jennie Augusta Brownscombe's Thanksgiving at Plymouth (1925). That said, it is unclear what Neiman is pointing to with the phrase, "Painting…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Document, Notes
Note on Art
This note, an abridged collection of LeRoy Neiman's awards, artworks, and commissions (sports-related and otherwise), is most likely draft of the artist's CV. (The document could also be initial notes for Neiman's memoir, All Told.) Among the items…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Document, Honorary Doctorate, Notes, Sports
Note on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman expands on the anecdotal histories behind a range of commissions, including New York businessman Irving Felt purchasing a work of Madison Square Garden featuring mobster Frankie Carbo, Hollywood kingpin Darryl…
Note on Art
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdotal account of the artist's trip from Palm Springs to Oklahoma City via private jet with comedian Red Skeleton, during which the artist completed a series of drawings featuring the entertainer.…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Celebrity, Clark Gable, Document, Herb Gruder, Notes, Red Skelton, Sketching
Note on Art
This petite note, with its lyrical tone, discloses the more poetic valences of LeRoy Neiman's thoughts on art. Although the record's original intention is not known, the document was most likely personal in nature.
Tags: Art, Art Process, Document, Notes