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Note 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…
Note on Art
This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on the artist’s incursions into the American West, specifically Las Vegas, Nevada. Although constituting more of a skeletal list of commissions than fleshed out discussion, the document gives a cursory portrait of…
Tags: Art, Art Reference, Commissions, Document, Las Vegas, Notes
Note on Art
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a fragmented commentary from the artist on his prints (and by extension work with Knoedler Publishing in the 1970s and 1980s), biography, and relationship with St. John's University. Neiman received St. John's…
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Note on Art
This note from LeRoy Neiman, an excerpt on a longer piece of personal reflections on his work, provides commentary on a selection of paintings. The list includes: New York Press Room Daily News, Facade of the Paris Opera, and Ascent. In addition,…
Tags: Art, Art References, Chicago, Commissions, Document, Notes
Note on Art
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an abridged list of commercial partnerships the artist had in mid-1980s and 1990s, specifically for TV advertisements and billboards. The note was most likely made in preparation for the artist’s memoir, All…
Tags: Art, Art References, Commissions, Document, Notes, TV
Note on Art
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…
Tags: Art, Commissions, Document, Notes, TV
Note on Art
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…
Note on Art
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…
Tags: Art, Burger King, Busker Alley, Commissions, Document, Notes, Olympics, TV, Wheaties
Note on Art
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…
Tags: Art, Art References, Celebrity, Commissions, Document, Film, Notes, Rocky, TV
Note on Art
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…
Tags: Art, Art References, Celebrity, Commissions, Document