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This note, with its poetic verse and range of refererences detailing LeRoy Neiman's interest in sports art, audience, and variable brushstrokes, is most likely an intital draft of the artist's catalogue essay for his monograph Winners: My Thrity…

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This note, an abridged collection of LeRoy Neiman's awards, artworks, and commissions (sports-related and otherwise), is most likely draft of the artist's CV. (The document could also be initial notes for Neiman's memoir, All Told.) Among the items…

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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…

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LeRoy Neiman's commentary on sketching choreographer Rudolph Nureyev at the New York restaurant, Elaine's.

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A personal commentary from LeRoy Neiman on the style and influence of his art.

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A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic style and influence.

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This note from LeRoy Neiman is divided into two sections: first, a commentary on the artist’s style, and second, an anecdotal account of the artists’s public reception and popularity. With regards to the former, the document touches on everything…

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This note from LeRoy Neiman relays a set of images, experiences, partnerships, and cultural touchstones that proved of interest to the artist. The kind of frenetic associations made in the ad hoc list then in some way parallel Neiman’s own artistic…

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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 diffuse note from LeRoy Neiman looks at the cultural linkages between art and sports. Specifically, the writing touches on the kind of so-called transcendental dimension of spectacle that unites the two activities. For example, in the note the…
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