Note on Art

Note on Art

A personal note from LeRoy Neiman featuring an anecdote about the artist's former gallerist Armand Hammer and Prince Charles.

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a drafted anecdote concerning Armand Hammer (Neiman’s former gallerist at Hammer Galleries) and the Prince Charles. A sketelton of a story, the document touches on a joke Hammer made about the prince's interest in watercolors. In conjunction with this narrative, Neiman has also jotted "corrupt / a microcosm / none payment of rates / rent"; this interpolation's context or potential connection to the parallel story proves ambiguous. The record was made in preparation for the artist’s memoir, All Told.

LeRoy Neiman

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Notes

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English

Document

LN_Notes_1412_01; LN_Notes_1412_02

New York (N.Y.) New York

ARMAND
Hammer
Charles
HRH The Prince of Wales
“I have become embarrassed at keeping the police waiting for too long!”
Talking referring to his unfinished water colors done while traveling in places like Italy and the middle East.
From the heart on location
When he gets to Majoria and other sunny climate his pictures become airy and much lighter /

corrupt
a microcosm
none payment of rates
rent
Arman H calls from his private plane. He is over Davenport in city on way east from LA. He said he intends to touch down at NY on his way to London to punch me up take me to Prince Charles and give him water color lessons

Pencil and felt-tipped pen on paper.