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This note from LeRoy Neiman on Thomas Rowlandson looks at the role of printmaking in the former artist's career. Unlike most of Neiman's writings on art, this particular record provides a more detailed account of print processes. In addition to this…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman pairs two figures—a harlequin and a shrouded man (titled “Hamlet”)—positioned in the same craned posture, holding a skull. Above the mirrored images, Neiman has written: “Van Ostade — Boors Regaling… Dancing in the Barn…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman concerns an unattributed tapestry, Coronation of the Virgin, depicting the prophetic figure Tiburtine Sibyl, collected by the Met Museum. In the document, Neiman has written a brief history of Sibyl, singling her out as…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides two humorous accounts. The first involves Neiman meeting his likeness—Salvador Dali—at a Hammer Galleries reception. The second exists as a punny story about painting a deceased football player. Both scenarios…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman plays on the notions of portraiture and self-fashioning. Drawing comparisons between his own changing (or unchanging) appearance and at of Abraham Lincoln, the artist speaks to slippages between dress and consume.

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief statement on portraiture. He writes, “I paint Rush Limbaugh / Brooke Shields.” Although the writing is somewhat barebones, the remark provides ample insight into the nondiscriminatory ethos with which…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a fragmented list of artistic references, including but not limited to Ludwig Bemelmans, Racing Bull, and the ’61 Dublin Horse Show. In the interior of the note, the artist mentions negative reception of his work,…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman draws fragmented connections between the artist’s experience at Cooks and Bakers School while serving in WWII and French painting. Outside proximity, discrete associations elude.

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This note from LeRoy Neiman details in influence of Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People (1830) on his experience of Paris (and presumedly the work he made in the city as well). The writing—split into two portions—is fissured between a…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman marks impressionable works found in Antwerp, Belgium—a work from Reubens (Elevation of the Cross from 1610) and a selection of Albrecht Dürer woodcuts. Alongside this informal catalogue, Neiman provides a set of brief…
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