Note on Art
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Title
Note on Art
Subject
A note from LeRoy Neiman, reflecting on his artistic career.
Description
This note from LeRoy Neiman reflects on his artistic style and career. Unlike many preceding artists—such as the Abstract Expressionist (who can be seen as the first commercially successful group of American artists)—Neiman insists on his work’s integration into the prevailing cultural ethos, writing, “My motifs of the social action of the times observed by my eye and delimited by my hand will live on evidencing my high regard for the public.” This statement then touches on the artist’s interest not so-called individual expression (although he does mention his “hand” and “eye” as producer) but his closeness to a predominant culture and lifestyle—America’s pulse. The second part of the document, written as a kind of elongated footer, is a commentary on the artist’s silkscreens. Neiman is widely remembered through his posters and prints which gained, and maintained, mass appeal. The writing then reiterates this popularity. Below this record, he provides a brief history of prints.
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_2141
Coverage
New York (N.Y.) New York
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Text
I hope my paintings of the habits and manners of (the) life of my time will spare the social historians of the future unnecessary research.
My motifs of the social action of the times observed by my eyes and delineated by my hand will live on evidencing my high regard for the public.
At age 75, after 25 plus years of producing silk screen prints for the popular market, am prepared to practice graphic art as a means of reproduction just to make a print.
Prints were originally the art of small sized pictures primarily intended to be viewed at the distance from hand to eye.
My motifs of the social action of the times observed by my eyes and delineated by my hand will live on evidencing my high regard for the public.
At age 75, after 25 plus years of producing silk screen prints for the popular market, am prepared to practice graphic art as a means of reproduction just to make a print.
Prints were originally the art of small sized pictures primarily intended to be viewed at the distance from hand to eye.
Original Format
Permanent marker on paper.
Files
Collection
Citation
LeRoy Neiman, “Note on Art,” LeRoy Neiman Foundation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://leroyneimanfoundation.omeka.net/items/show/197.