Note on Art

Note on Art

A personal note from LeRoy Neiman on art.

This note from LeRoy Neiman details his personal relationship with the Metropolitan (Met) Opera House at Lincoln Center. The artist moved to New York, specifically to the Upper West Side, in the 1963, three years before Wallace Harrison's design was complete. Neiman was interested in the site not only for its architectural grace but also the establishment's glamorous crowds and connection to leisure culture. The note was most likely made in preparation for the artist's memoir, All Told. 

LeRoy Neiman

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LeRoy Neiman

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New York (N.Y.) New York

Opera INSERT
New Metropolitan Opera House tin Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened 3 years after (our) moving to New York.
A glittering 45 million dollar gala opening ON Sept 16 1966 Parading The Diamond Brigade Rolling out a 160 foot long plush red carpet 9 ft wide. A worlds largest (opera house providing) seating 3,800 (Derrier recepticlas) (suitable for the well heeled to trod into the) 5 horses 3 GOATS AND A CAMEL ONSTAGE WITH THE CAST OF AIDE
The Dufy murals in the restaurant “The Tope of the Met” sometimes called “Dufys Tavern” SAVORING artist gaiety, flair, (and) style.
4 paintings
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I did tow paintings of the occasion one of the SWEEPING crowd entering and the other ON POSE STRIKING EN GRANDE TENUE staircase and a drawing (OF A 6 Deep CHIC intermission crowd)
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Permanent marker, felt-tipped pen, and pencil on paper.