Note on Art
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Title
Note on Art
Subject
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman fashion, image, and Abraham Lincoln.
Description
This note from LeRoy Neiman plays on the notions of portraiture and self-fashioning. Drawing comparisons between his own changing (or unchanging) appearance and at of Abraham Lincoln, the artist speaks to slippages between dress and consume.
Creator
LeRoy Neiman
Source
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Publisher
LeRoy Neiman Foundation
Date
c. 1990-2011
Contributor
LeRoy Neiman
Rights
Property of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation; please consult the organization's archivist for further details.
Relation
Notes
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LN_Notes_1293
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
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Text
Between the age of 25 (to now) I have grown my hair to my shoulders (length) with mustache and sideburns merging to a (close) cropped crew cut and every conceivable of length and part imaginable.
full circle to about the same look as the (reflected) portrait of 50 years ago. (The mustache always remaining the same)
I did a painting of Abe Lincoln that ran on the cover of Chicago Tribune Magazine cover using (consulting with) about a hundred photos of Abe Lincoln. He was first president who used to photo as a visibly device as Napoleon had used the painter for his PR purposes.
full circle to about the same look as the (reflected) portrait of 50 years ago. (The mustache always remaining the same)
I did a painting of Abe Lincoln that ran on the cover of Chicago Tribune Magazine cover using (consulting with) about a hundred photos of Abe Lincoln. He was first president who used to photo as a visibly device as Napoleon had used the painter for his PR purposes.
Original Format
Felt-tipped pen on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/113.