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A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic style and influence.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a selection of critical events and persons from the mid-1960s through early 1970s. In addition to this list, the artist has provided a personal commentary, communicating his distance to these very topics. Neiman…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a rich visual description of workers in Las Vegas. The document, titled “Baccarat,” is one of many notes the artist wrote on gambling and more specifically the aesthetics of the city. In addition, the record,…

This note from LeRoy Neiman abstractly ruminates on the value of art. Juxtaposing individual expression and imitation, he brings up the question of artistic, and intellectual, ownership. Neiman had many problems with forgery over the course of his…

This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at the effects of aging on his vision and, by extension, artistic style.

A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on critical reception of his work.

A commentary from LeRoy Neiman on "The Virgin of Vladimir," the medieval Byzantine icon of the Virgin and Child; the note was found paper clipped to the two congregational promotions.

This personal note from LeRoy Neiman ruminates on the artist's process. Citing German perceptual psychologist Rudolf Arnheim's 1954 publication Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye alongside his own methodolgy, the artist seeks…

This note from LeRoy Neiman relays a personal fantasy the artist entertained about French impressionist Claude Monet. Within the document, Neiman details finding a Monet-esque figure in Paris, incorporating this character into his work. The…

This note from LeRoy Neiman details his personal relationship with the Metropolitan (Met) Opera House at Lincoln Center. The artist moved to New York, specifically to the Upper West Side, in the 1963, three years before Wallace Harrison's design was…