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This pass for the Can-Am 1970 auto race at Circuit Mont-Tremblant / Saint Jovite in Quebec, Canada, granted LeRoy Neiman photojournalistic privileges. Mont-Tremblant and Saint Jovite, were towns in Quebec, Canada, amalgamated as Mont-Tremblant in…

This membership card for MGM Grand Air, a VIP charter airline focused on small luxury flights, attests to LeRoy Neiman's interest in travel and the leisure class. The airline, founded in 1987, had a short run; with an increase of cheaper private…

This membership card for MGM Grand Air, a VIP charter airline focused on small luxury flights, attests to LeRoy Neiman's interest in travel and the leisure class. The airline, founded in 1987, had a short run; with an increase of cheaper private…

This courtesy card for Hard Rock Cafe attests to LeRoy Neiman's interests in travel and mass culture. The artist received his lifetime membership to the London-based franchise in 1988, before the chain had locations in Las Vegas, Paris, or Orlando.

This club card for The Beverly Hills Hotel and Bungalow in Beverly Hills, California proves indicative of not only LeRoy Neiman's intimacy with the establilshment but also his interest in leisure culture and travel; this interest was first stoked by…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdotal account of the artist's reference to Pope John Paul II. Neiman spotted the Pope after returning to New York from a film shoot in the Riviera in 1981. Internalizing this encounter, the artist included…

This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at “Moresque Ornamentation,” specifically that of the Alhambra. Overall, the record seems to engage ideas of cultural synchronism, discussions of symbolism, and more concrete notions of color and infrastructure. But…

This note was of a few from LeRoy Neiman made in preparation for his prospective mural at the St. James Theatre. The venue, which was set to host Busker Alley, invited the artist to paint the facade of the building in lieu of a billboard. That said,…

This note was of a few from LeRoy Neiman made in preparation for his prospective mural at the St. James Theatre. The venue, which was set to host Busker Alley, invited the artist to paint the facade of the building in lieu of a billboard. That said,…

This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at his work in relation to sociology, specifically positioning the subject matter depicted as an exploration of class. Although this note is not singular in expressing this opinion, it is one of the only which…