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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.

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 comments on his artistic process, specifically with regards to painting. The record is most likely personal by nature.

A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on the connection between art and play.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a fragmentary introduction to the artist’s relationship with printmaking. The writing opens with an anecdote concerning Toulouse Lautrec (in which a french actress refuses the artist's gifted work). Falling out…

This note from LeRoy Neiman reveals the artist’s thoughts on portraiture and his artistic process, more generally. The first section of the writing speaks to Neiman’s method of assessing a subject. (e.g. He writes, “I penetrate in in the subject…

This brief note from LeRoy Neiman probes the notion of epiphany. At the bottom of the writing, Neiman lists two jazz establishments (i.e. Club Golden Gate and Birdland) of which he took reference. The nature of the document is unknown.

This abbreviated note from LeRoy Neiman speaks to the artist’s relationship with drawing. Within the document, Neiman touches on his kind of obsession with the act and indiscriminate eye, with regards to subject matter. The writing is one of many…

This writing from LeRoy Neiman provides a winding tribute to Casey Stengel. Neiman had must admiration for the baseball player sketching him live on multiple occasion, issuing a poster of him, and eventually publishing a monograph dedicated to…

This note from LeRoy Neiman discusses his artistic process. Mixing the language of a kind of biological determinism (e.g. “stimulus conditions and responses” or “external stimulus stimuli”) with a discussion of the less tangible, wandering mechanics…