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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides the history of the artist's painting of Ricardo's Bar in Chicago, through personal anecdote. The record is not only significant because it elucidates the piece's biography but also because the document provides a…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides some insight into Neiman’s early career in Chicago. The document, relaying a story about a certain Mrs. Frank McMahon buying two paintings from Neiman to an undisclosed recipient, explains that despite the his…

This note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic career poetically links notions of ambition and creation with cultural anecdotes and explicit references to “fire.” The anecdotes concern American tennis player Pete Sampras and Renaissance painter…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides at list of the artist’s paintings featuring bars. The record is not total, nor is the original purpose known.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief overview of the artist’s biography and career. The document divides his life into themes—ranging from receiving the GI Bill to moving to New York—grounded in chronology. Given the stylistic bend and…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an abridged and anecdotal overview of the artist’s works on “Theatre” and “Entertainers/Movie Stars”. The record, itemizing these subjects as “4.” and “5.”, is then an excerpt of a longer document on similar…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a subject-based description of the artist’s involvement in media. The content is divided into six sections: film, TV, radio, theatre, celebrities, and film festivals. That said, the page on theatre and celebrities…

This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on a few commercial relationships the artist formed during his career. Presented in a somewhat narrative form, the artist describes moving from painting and sketching at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, under Burger…

This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on his personal relationship with, and the cultural relevance of, Wheaties cereal boxes. Neiman did illustrations for a number boxes, including ones featuring Roger Staubach and Walter Payton. More context for this…

This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on the artist’s commercial relationship with GE. Neiman filmed a promotion for the company’s cell phone in the early 1990s, although the advertisement never aired. The note was most likely made in preparation for…