Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on a selection of artistic references, specifically jazz musicians and posthumous portraits.
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief list of jazz musicians and “ill people” featured in the artist’s work, including Billy Holiday, Nat King Cole, and a deceased football coach. Although the record is abridged both with regards to subject matter as well as description of these subjects, it gives some insight into the events Neiman recorded via sketch and painting. The record itself in an excerpt from a larger piece on artistic reference.
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
c. 1990-2011
LeRoy Neiman
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Notes, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/164">LN_Notes_1780_01, LN_Notes_1780_02</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/163">LN_Notes_1776_01, LN_Notes_1776_02, LN_Notes_1776_03, LN_Notes_1776_04, LN_Notes_1776_05</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/162">LN_Notes_1775_01</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/161">LN_Notes_1774_01</a>, <a href="http://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/160">LN_Notes_1773</a>
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LN_Notes_1772_01; LN_Notes_1772_02
New York (N.Y.) New York
Note on Art
A note from LeRoy Neiman on teaching and boxing.
This note from LeRoy Neiman weaves between an abbreviated assessment of pedagogy and an anecdotal musing on boxing. Although the juxtaposition was most likely not made in an effort to draw comparison, a clear congruity between the two emerges around Neiman's language of action, activity, and keen observation. It is moments such as these that the artist's overarching concerns seem to reveal themselves.
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
c. 1990-2011
LeRoy Neiman
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Notes
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LN_Notes_918
New York (N.Y.) New York
Note on Art
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman 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 Zanuck's ill-timed death, and a portrait of former pitcher Jesse Orosco.
LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
c. 1990-2011
LeRoy Neiman
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Notes
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LN_Notes_443
New York (N.Y.) New York