Notes on Art
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Title
Notes on Art
Subject
A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on artistic reference, specifically with regards to casino culture in Las Vegas.
Description
This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a rich visual description of workers in Las Vegas. The document, titled “Baccarat,” is one of many notes the artist wrote on gambling and more specifically the aesthetics of the city. In addition, the record, framing the workers as largely overlooked, speaks to Neiman's overarching interest in work, class, and leisure culture.
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, LN_Notes_1595, LN_Notes_1875, LN_Notes_2314, LN_Notes_909, LN_Notes_1012, LN_Notes_1021_01; LN_Notes_1021_02, LN_Notes_2214_01; LN_Notes_2214_02, LN_Notes_1594, LN_Notes_986_01; LN_Notes_986_02, LN_Notes_819_01; LN_Notes_819_02, LN_Notes_2302, LN_Notes_1776_01; LN_Notes_1776_02; LN_Notes_1776_03; LN_Notes_1776_04; LN_Notes_1776_05, LN_Notes_1764_01; LN_Notes_1764_02; LN_Notes_1764_03; LN_Notes_1764_04
Format
Image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Document
Identifier
LN_Notes_1593
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
Baccarat
Seat at game
Trophy wives
Ladies on loan
Unlikely to be seen seated in this august company are the small-time insider runners (to whom) Las Vegas offers employment.
These classic graduate hoodlums drive around town in Mercedes as gophers on errand form one casino to another, or to construction sites, make collections, here maybe an airport pick-up there. – whatever.
They are privileged to courtesy assured access parking everywhere or anywhere thanks to that “HANDICAPPED’ permit sticker on their cars windshields or attached to the front license plate.
These indispensable on-DUTY male-factors learned their trade well and established credibility (going) back to the days of Bugsy Siegle.
Seat at game
Trophy wives
Ladies on loan
Unlikely to be seen seated in this august company are the small-time insider runners (to whom) Las Vegas offers employment.
These classic graduate hoodlums drive around town in Mercedes as gophers on errand form one casino to another, or to construction sites, make collections, here maybe an airport pick-up there. – whatever.
They are privileged to courtesy assured access parking everywhere or anywhere thanks to that “HANDICAPPED’ permit sticker on their cars windshields or attached to the front license plate.
These indispensable on-DUTY male-factors learned their trade well and established credibility (going) back to the days of Bugsy Siegle.
Original Format
Permanent marker on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Notes on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/140.