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This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at religious iconography (i.e. mother and child) and the notion of mass production, or reproduction. The writing then playfully merges a discussion of Christian religious institution with both his interest in…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman concerns the stylistic and art historical position of the artist’s work. Speaking to the tension between “high brow” and “low brow” that seemed to mark the artist’s posture, Neiman illustrates how this indeterminate place…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a brief survey of the artist’s professional ventures. Although the writing fails to provide many specifics, it does give a general sense of the bureaucratic texture of the artist’s professional developments. The…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman is one of many touching on Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Neiman opens the writing with a remark repeated elsewhere in the collection, concerning his discovery of the artist—that is, meandering through the book department of…

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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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This note from LeRoy Neiman touches on the artist’s relationship with Armand Hammer, of Hammer Galleries. The writing consists of two loose quotes from Hammer, and a comment from Neiman on the evolution of silkscreens in America, connecting the…

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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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This note from LeRoy Neiman, once again, draws a comparison between the narrative content of an older artwork and the artist’s child. This particular record juxtaposes a print by Cornelius Bloemaert (c. late 17th century) acquisitoned by the…

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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…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman gives a brief overview of the cultural bearing and ambiance of commedia dell’arte. The document references Francisco Goya’s Los Comicos Ambulantes (The Strolling Players)—a painting displaying jubilant a dell’arte…
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