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A letter to LeRoy Neiman from his mother, Lydia Hoelscher in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

A letter to LeRoy Neiman from his mother, Lydia Hoelscher in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

A letter to LeRoy Neiman from his mother, Lydia Hoelscher in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

This writing from LeRoy Neiman provides a winding tribute to Casey Stengel. Neiman had must admiration for the baseball player sketching him live on multiple occasion, issuing a poster of him, and eventually publishing a monograph dedicated to…

This note from LeRoy Neiman concerns the former New York City sidewalk cafe, The Stanhope. In the document Neiman provides a sketch of the restaurant’s facade and setting, placing emphasis on the eatery’s European-style, alfresco seating. The close…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides an anecdote concerning the artist's visit to Rosebud on Rush later in life, a restaurant located a few blocks away from Neiman’s former residence on Chicago Avenue, in Chicago. In the story, Neiman is accosted at…

This note from LeRoy Neiman provides a playful look into the artist’s interest in food, and food culture. With regard to the note's content itself, the writing is composed of an improvisatory, fragmentary list of images, restaurants, and quips.…

This document provides a biography of Auguste Escoffier in conjunction with an abridged institutional history of the Les Amis d’Escoffier Society and Foundation, annotated by LeRoy Neiman. At the bottom of the first page, the artist describes a…

This note from LeRoy Neiman comments on vegetables and wild boar. The first portion of the note provides a theoretical address to vegetables, speaking to their place in the food chain and and the normative human diet. The bottom portion addresses…

This note from LeRoy Neiman looks at the relationship between leisure culture and food. Although the commentary is in no way total or comprehensive, the writing provides insight into the artist’s conception of social divisions across and between the…