LeRoy Neiman: A Sketch at Elaine's
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on sketching Rudolph Nureyev at Elaine's.
LeRoy Neiman's commentary on sketching choreographer Rudolph Nureyev at the New York restaurant, Elaine's.
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Note
A note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic process.
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 undergo painting, the process. Completion is neither achievable nor relevant. The remark then speaks to the dynamism and constancy with which the artist was known to make his work.
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on art.
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on the connection between art and play.
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic process.
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 <em>Winners: My Thrity Years in Sports </em>published in 1983. Athough it is not certain this was the original function of the document, the subject matter and title "Winning" suggest so. In addition, the note was typed, indicating the record's intended purpose was professional. (Neiman wrote most of his personal notes by hand.) An interpolative edit from Lynn Quayle, the artist's longtime assistant, further validates this claim.
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c. 1980-83
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on his art.
This note, expanding on LeRoy Neiman's impression of spectatorship, sports art, and artistic process, is most likely a draft of the artist's catalogue essay for his monograph <em>Winners: My Thrity Years in Sports</em> published in 1983. The text seems ot build on another note Neiman entitled "Winning," fleshing out some of the this document's maxiums and tempering the poetic tone.
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on art.
This personal note from LeRoy Neiman lists a range of the artist's references, including Armenian artist Jennie Augusta Brownscombe's <em>Thanksgiving at Plymouth</em> (1925)<em>. </em>That said, it is unclear what Neiman is pointing to with the phrase, "Painting toenails and drawing tatoos on recycled paper with soy-based inks." The note was written on the reverse of a card the artist received from Boca Raton Resort and Club, notifying him of his premier status. This ambiguous remark could then reference guest or celebrity Neiman observed during his stay.
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman 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, <em>All Told.</em>) Among the items listed are Belmont Stakes, French still-lives, a selection of recieved honorary doctorates, attended auto races, and the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman 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 Zanuck's ill-timed death, and a portrait of former pitcher Jesse Orosco.
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LN_Notes_443
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman 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. On reverse, Neiman detailed his relationship with restaurant proprietor Herb Gruder. Both commentaries were most likely written in preparation of the artist's memoir, <em>All Told. </em>
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Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on art, theorizing his artistic process.
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.
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