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Leroy Neiman Art

American, 1921-2012

LeRoy Neiman, born LeRoy Runquist, is best known for his vibrantly colored paintings and screen prints, which draw on Impressionism and Pop Art and frequently feature portraits of athletes and musicians as well as depictions of sporting events. He is renowned for creating art during live coverage of the Olympics and other major American and international sports competitions. He once commented, “I use (bold) color to emphasize the scent, the spirit, and the feeling of the thing I’ve experienced.” 

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Neiman showed an early aptitude for drawing. After returning home from WWII, he studied at the Saint Paul School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where his classmates included Robert Indiana and Leon Golub. Upon graduation in 1950, he began teaching at SAIC.

In 1953, his oil painting Idle Boats won first prize at the Twin City Show, where the Minneapolis Art Institute purchased it. Neiman’s reputation quickly grew, and museums such as the Carnegie Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington purchased his works.

In 1954, Neiman’s famous association with Playboy magazine began to take shape. Hugh Hefner commissioned Neiman to create an illustration for this fledgling magazine, and his piece won the 1954 Chicago Art Directors Award. This led to a relationship with Playboy that lasted five decades and included Neiman writing and illustrating the “Man at His Leisure” section and the creation of the well-known “Femlin” — a female nymph wearing only opera gloves, stockings and high heels — which appeared on the “Party Jokes” page in every issue since 1955.

In 1970, the 5th Dimension commissioned Neiman to create a cover illustration for the pop group’s album Portrait. In 1994, he created the illustration used for the playbill and the immense Broadway mural for the musical Busker Alley. He was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the highest honor of the state of Illinois, the Order of Lincoln, in 2009. 

Today, you can find Neiman’s works in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art (Newfields), among others. 

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Artist: Leroy Neiman
Original Vintage Thrilla in Manila Poster by Leroy Neiman Ali and Frasier

Original Vintage Thrilla in Manila Poster by Leroy Neiman Ali and Frasier

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Boca Raton, FL

This vibrant poster, created by LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012), captures the electricity of one of boxing’s greatest events—the legendary “Thrilla in Manila” between Muhammad Ali and Joe F...

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1970s Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

LeRoy Neiman "Polo Lounge" - Signed, Framed, Large - Find the Movie Stars!
LeRoy Neiman "Polo Lounge" - Signed, Framed, Large - Find the Movie Stars!

LeRoy Neiman "Polo Lounge" - Signed, Framed, Large - Find the Movie Stars!

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in New Orleans, LA

This is a signed press proof of one of Leroy Neiman's coolest images, created originally for Playboy Magazine in two panels. This never fails to get guests' attention on the wall, as...

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1980s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

LeRoy Neiman Serigraph, Contemporary Style, Signed, 2005, Family Portrait
LeRoy Neiman Serigraph, Contemporary Style, Signed, 2005, Family Portrait

LeRoy Neiman Serigraph, Contemporary Style, Signed, 2005, Family Portrait

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Family Portrait Medium: Serigraph Year: 2005 Edition: 337/575 Frame Size: 35" x 33" Sheet Size: 32 1/4" x 30" Image Size: 25" x 24" Signed: Hand signed in...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Baden Baden, Casino
Baden Baden, Casino

Baden Baden, Casino

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Baden Baden, Casino" 1988 is an original color serigraph by noted American artist LeRoy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 261/375 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 36 x 42 inches, sheet size is 42 x 48 inches. With the blind stamp of the printer Styria Studio at the lower left corner margin. It is in excellent condition, three small pieces of hanging tape remain on the back. About the artist: Mr. Neiman's kinetic, quickly executed paintings and drawings, many of them published in Playboy, offered his fans gaudily colored visual reports on heavyweight boxing matches, Super Bowl games and Olympic contests, as well as social panoramas like the horse races at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold of French Impressionists like Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and Degas, chroniclers of public life who found rich social material at racetracks, dance halls and cafes. Mr. Neiman often painted or sketched on live television. With the camera recording his progress at the sketchpad or easel, he interpreted the drama of Olympic Games and Super Bowls for an audience of millions. When Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky faced off in Reykjavik, Iceland, to decide the world chess championship, Mr. Neiman was there, sketching. He was on hand to capture Federico Fellini directing "8 ½" and the Kirov Ballet performing in the Soviet Union. In popularity, Mr. Neiman rivaled American favorites like Norman Rockwell, Grandma Moses and Andrew Wyeth. A prolific one-man industry, he generated hundreds of paintings, drawings, watercolors, limited-edition serigraph prints and coffee-table books yearly, earning gross annual revenue in the tens of millions of dollars. Although he exhibited constantly and his work was included in the collections of dozens of museums around the world, critical respect eluded him. Mainstream art critics either ignored him completely or, if forced to consider his work, dismissed it with contempt as garish and superficial — magazine illustration with pretensions. Mr. Neiman professed not to care. Maybe the critics are right," he told American Artist magazine in 1995. "But what am I supposed to do about it — stop painting, change my work completely? I go back into the studio, and there I am at the easel again. I enjoy what I'm doing and feel good working. Other thoughts are just crowded out." His image suggested an artist well beyond the reach of criticism. A dandy and bon vivant, he cut an arresting figure with his luxuriant ear-to-ear mustache, white suits, flashy hats and Cuban cigars. "He quite intentionally invented himself as a flamboyant artist not unlike Salvador Dalí, in much the same way that I became Mr. Playboy in the late '50s," Hugh Hefner told Cigar Aficionado magazine in 1995. LeRoy Runquist was born on June 8, 1921, in St. Paul. His father, a railroad worker, deserted the family when LeRoy was quite young, and the boy took the surname of his stepfather. He showed a flair for art at an early age. While attending a local Roman Catholic school, he impressed schoolmates by drawing ink tattoos on their arms during recess. As a teenager, he earned money doing illustrations for local grocery stores. "I'd sketch a turkey, a cow, a fish, with the prices," he told Cigar Aficionado. "And then I had the good sense to draw the guy who owned the store. This gave me tremendous power as a kid." After being drafted into the Army in 1942, he served as a cook in the European theater but in his spare time painted risqué murals on the walls of kitchens and mess halls. The Army's Special Services Division, recognizing his talent, put him to work painting stage sets for Red Cross shows when he was stationed in Germany after the war. On leaving the military, he studied briefly at the St. Paul School of Art (now the Minnesota Museum of American Art) before enrolling in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where, after four years of study, he taught figure drawing and fashion illustration throughout the 1950s. When the janitor of the apartment building next door to his threw out half-empty cans of enamel house paint, Mr. Neiman found his métier. Experimenting with the new medium, he embraced a rapid style of applying paint to canvas imposed by the free-flowing quality of the house paint. While doing freelance fashion illustration for the Carson Pirie Scott department store in Chicago in the early 1950s, he became friendly with Mr. Hefner, a copywriter there who was on the verge of publishing the first issue of a men's magazine. In 1954, after five issues of Playboy had appeared, Mr. Neiman ran into Mr. Hefner and invited him to his apartment to see his paintings of boxers, strip clubs and restaurants. Mr. Hefner, impressed, showed the work to Playboy's art director, Art Paul, who commissioned an illustration for "Black Country," a story by Charles Beaumont about a jazz musician. Thus began a relationship that endured for more than half a century and established Mr. Neiman's reputation. In 1955, when Mr. Hefner decided that the party-jokes page needed visual interest, Mr. Neiman came up with the Femlin, a curvaceous brunette who cavorted across the page in thigh-high stockings, high-heeled shoes, opera gloves and nothing else. She appeared in every issue of the magazine thereafter. Three years later, Mr. Neiman devised a running feature, "Man at His Leisure." For the next 15 years, he went on assignment to glamour spots around the world, sending back visual reports on subjects as varied as the races at Royal Ascot, the dining room of the Tour d'Argent in Paris, the nude beaches of the Dalmatian coast, the running of the bulls at Pamplona and Carnaby Street in swinging London. He later produced more than 100 paintings and 2 murals for 18 of the Playboy clubs that opened around the world. "Playboy made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings — not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself," Mr. Neiman told V.I.P. magazine in 1962. Working in the same copywriting department at Carson Pirie Scott as Mr. Hefner was Janet Byrne, a student at the Art Institute. She and Mr. Neiman married in 1957. She survives him. A prolific artist, he generated dozens of paintings each year that routinely commanded five-figure prices. When Christie's auctioned off the Playboy archives in 2003, his 1969 painting Man at His Leisure: Le Mans sold for $107,550. Sales of the signed, limited-edition print versions of his paintings, published in editions of 250 to 500, became a lucrative business in itself after Knoedler Publishing, a wholesale operation, was created in 1975 to publish and distribute his serigraphs, etchings, books and posters. Mr. Neiman's most famous images came from the world of sports. His long association with the Olympics began with the Winter Games in Squaw Valley in 1960, and he went on to cover the games, on live television, in Munich in 1972, Montreal in 1976, Lake Placid in 1980, and Sarajevo and Los Angeles in 1984, using watercolor, ink or felt-tip marker to produce images with the dispatch of a courtroom sketch artist. At the 1978 and 1979 Super Bowls, he used a computerized electronic pen to portray the action for CBS. Although he was best known for scenes filled with people and incident, he also painted many portraits. Athletes predominated, with Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath among his more famous subjects, but he also painted Leonard Bernstein, the ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

SAILING
SAILING

LeRoy NeimanSAILING, 1978

$100Sale Price|50% Off

SAILING

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Original off set lithograph (poster) in colors on paper. Image size approx 19 x 25 inches. Sheet size 24 x 30 inches. Artist signature printed in the plate. Not hand signed. Printe...

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1970s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Offset

Sensual Belly Dancers, Morocco
Sensual Belly Dancers, Morocco

Sensual Belly Dancers, Morocco

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Miami, FL

We are presenting a rare opportunity to acquire one of Leroy Neiman's best and most compelling paintings. It is a statement piece. A combination of enticing subject matter with a mon...

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1960s Abstract Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Oil, Board

Joe DiMaggio - The Cut
Joe DiMaggio - The Cut

Joe DiMaggio - The Cut

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Saint Petersburg, FL

Published 1998. Limited Edition Serigraph. (Image Area) Dimensions 30.75″ x 38.5.” Numbered 105/458 Signed and numbered by LeRoy Neiman. Also signed by Joe DiMaggio - as was the enti...

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1990s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Along The Rail

Along The Rail

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Leroy Neiman Along The Rail 1972 26 1/4 x 22 in. From the rare limited edition of 200 Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbered in pencil

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1970s Leroy Neiman Art

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Giclée

Dick Tiger, Boxing Painting by Leroy Neiman 1967
Dick Tiger, Boxing Painting by Leroy Neiman 1967

Dick Tiger, Boxing Painting by Leroy Neiman 1967

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Dick Tiger Year: 1967 Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 26 in. x 44 in. (66.04 cm x 111.76 cm) Frame Size...

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1960s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Acrylic

The 18th at Pebble Beach
The 18th at Pebble Beach

The 18th at Pebble Beach

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Missouri, MO

The 18th at Pebble Beach Leroy Neiman (American, 1921-2012) Signed in pencil lower right Edition 176/400 lower left 26 x 43 inches 37.25 x 54.5 inches with frame Known for his bright, colorful paintings and screen prints of famous sports stars...

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20th Century American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Color, Lithograph

Equestrian Horseman
Equestrian Horseman

Equestrian Horseman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Equestrian Horseman" is a mixed media on paper by LeRoy Neiman. The artwork is signed lower right, "Leroy Neiman '66". The framed piece measures 40 3/4 x 46 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. LeRoy N...

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1960s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Mixed Media

Wine Alfresco, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Wine Alfresco, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

A serigraph by Leroy Neiman from 2000. A colorful scene of friends enjoying wine in a countryside landscape. Signed and framed in gold wood frame. Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1...

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1990s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

1966 LeRoy Neiman 'Jose Torres Vs. "Irish" Wayne Thornton'

1966 LeRoy Neiman 'Jose Torres Vs. "Irish" Wayne Thornton'

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Paper Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm ) Image Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B-: Good Condition, Signs of Handling and Age Additional D...

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1960s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

“Sinatra”
“Sinatra”

“Sinatra”

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

LeRoy Neiman "Sinatra -Liza- Sammy at Royal Albert Hall" Serigraph. In good condition measures 45x36

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20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

LeRoy Neiman Expressive Paris Screenprint, 1994, Signed, Champs-Elysees
LeRoy Neiman Expressive Paris Screenprint, 1994, Signed, Champs-Elysees

LeRoy Neiman Expressive Paris Screenprint, 1994, Signed, Champs-Elysees

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: July 14th (on Champs-Élysées) Portfolio: The Paris Suite Medium: Screenprint Year: 1994 Edition: 185/250 Frame Size: 32 7/8" x 36 7/8" Sheet Size: 22 1/2"...

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1990s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

LeRoy Neiman Sailing Serigraph, Contemporary Style, 1973, Two Twelves
LeRoy Neiman Sailing Serigraph, Contemporary Style, 1973, Two Twelves

LeRoy Neiman Sailing Serigraph, Contemporary Style, 1973, Two Twelves

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Two Twelves Medium: Serigraph Year: 1973 Edition: AP (artist's proof, aside from the edition of 300) Frame Size: 39" x 39" Sheet Size: 29 1/2" x 29 1/2" I...

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1970s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Stock Market

Stock Market

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

“Baccarat”
“Baccarat”

“Baccarat”

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

This is a Leroy Neiman serigraph signed and numbered in good condition. Piece is unframed. Measures 38x25

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20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

FOX HUNT

LeRoy NeimanFOX HUNT, 1974

$1,837Sale Price|25% Off

FOX HUNT

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 300. All reasonable offers will be considered.

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1970s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Screen

“Babe Ruth”
“Babe Ruth”

“Babe Ruth”

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

This is a signed and numbered serigraph by Leroy neiman. Condition is good. Measures 38x33

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21st Century and Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

Femlin (original drawing on paper)

Femlin (original drawing on paper)

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Original drawing with marker on paper. Hand signed on front by LeRoy Neiman. Sheet size 11 x 8 inches. Frame size approx 17 x 14 inches. Femlins were created by LeRoy Neiman in 19...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Casino, 1972
Casino, 1972

LeRoy NeimanCasino, 1972, 1972

$4,875Sale Price|35% Off

Casino, 1972

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist: LeRoy Neiman (American, 1921-2012) Title: Casino Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and marked A P ( Artist Proof)  in pencil Edition: AP Paper  Size: 31¾  x 26 inches LeRoy Neiman was a sports artist, a chronicler of contemporary lifestyles and a creator of the action-subject. He is credited with reviving figure painting during the years of the abstract movement when the figure, and realism in general, were abandoned. Neiman paints with a technique that often starts with his own Impressionistic style and continues with a process that looks very similar to the action paintings of the Abstract Expressionists. Accident and chance seem to play significant roles in determining the final appearance of his creations. This is seen in Neimans spontaneous application of paint and color. He paints quickly to grasp moments in time. His works are held in the collections of both the Baseball...

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1970s Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Frank Sinatra, Duets (framed large hand signed serigraph)
Frank Sinatra, Duets (framed large hand signed serigraph)

Frank Sinatra, Duets (framed large hand signed serigraph)

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by LeRoy Neiman. Hand numbered 186/450 lower left. Sheet size: 35.25 x 28.125 inches. Sheet size: 36 x 35 inches. Image si...

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1990s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Screen

"Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome"

"Frank Sinatra as Tony Rome"

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by LeRoy Neiman (1921 – 2012). LeRoy Neiman was born in 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He displayed a great talent for art at a young age, working as an illustrator for local grocery stores as a teenager. Even after being drafted into the Army in 1942, he spent his spare time painting murals on the walls of kitchens and mess halls, where he served as a cook. Once the Army’s Special Services Division took notice of his talents, he was sent to work on painting stage sets for Red Cross shows in Germany after the war. Upon returning to the United States, Neiman enrolled briefly at the St. Paul School of Art before attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later, teaching figure drawing and fashion illustration there. While working at the Art Institute of Chicago, Neiman discovered his primary medium, enamel house paint, when a janitor threw out some half-empty cans of it next door to his apartment. From this medium, he embraced a technique of rapid paint application. While freelancing as an illustrator for the Chicago department store, Carson Pirie Scott, in the 1950s, Neiman met Hugh Hefner, who would become a great friend and help establish his artistic reputation. In 1954, Hefner showed Neiman’s paintings to Playboy’s Art...

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Mid-20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Oil

ASCOT FINISH

LeRoy NeimanASCOT FINISH, 1974

$2,400Sale Price|25% Off

ASCOT FINISH

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 300. All reasonable offers will be considered.

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1970s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Screen

Good Luck (Jack Nicklaus), Impressionist Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Good Luck (Jack Nicklaus), Impressionist Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) - Good Luck (Jack Nicklaus), Year: 1994, Medium: Screenprint, signed in the plate, Image Size: 21 x 28 inches, Size: 25 in. x 32 in. (63.5 cm...

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1990s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

“Red Square” Serigraph on Paper
“Red Square” Serigraph on Paper

“Red Square” Serigraph on Paper

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

It almost makes one want to board Aeroflot to see this firsthand…maybe going out of Istanbul? Well no. And yet, there’s a universal energy on full display in this view by a master im...

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2010s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper

"Metropolitan Opera, New York City Premiere" Large serigraph.
"Metropolitan Opera, New York City Premiere" Large serigraph.

"Metropolitan Opera, New York City Premiere" Large serigraph.

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Metropolitan Opera, New York City, Premiere" 1980 is an original colors serigraph by noted American artist LeRoy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbere...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

In the Stretch

In the Stretch

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art is a great addition to any art collection.

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1970s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Jaguar Family
Jaguar Family

Jaguar Family

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Jaguar Family" 1980 is an original color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Leroy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 157/300 in pencil by...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

LeRoy Nieman Golf Serigraph, Signed, 1995, Home Hole at Shinnecock
LeRoy Nieman Golf Serigraph, Signed, 1995, Home Hole at Shinnecock

LeRoy Nieman Golf Serigraph, Signed, 1995, Home Hole at Shinnecock

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Washington, DC

Artist: LeRoy Neiman Title: Home Hole at Shinnecock Medium: Serigraph Year: 1995 Edition: 398/450 Frame Size: 26 1/4" x 35 1/4" Sheet Size: 24 3/4" x 33 3/4" Image Size: 15 3/4" x 25...

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1990s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Celebrity Night at Spago, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Celebrity Night at Spago, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Celebrity Night at Spago, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Celebrity Night at Spago Year: 1993 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300/600 Image Size: 24.5 x 37 inch...

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1980s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

“Bangle Tiger”
“Bangle Tiger”

“Bangle Tiger”

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012) signed and numbered comes with coa. In good condition measures 50x38. 257 out of 300

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20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

FAMILY PORTRAIT

LeRoy NeimanFAMILY PORTRAIT, 2005

$3,375Sale Price|25% Off

FAMILY PORTRAIT

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Aventura, FL

Hand signed numbered by the artist in pencil. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. Edition of 575. All reasonable offers will be considered.

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Early 2000s Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Paper, Screen

Black Break, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Black Break, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Black Break, Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Black Break Year: 1973 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP, 300 Size: 26 in. x 20.2 in. (66.04 cm x 51...

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1970s American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.
"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.

"Elephant Family" Large original serigraph.

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Elephant Family" 1983 is an original large color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Leroy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered 63/300 in pe...

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Late 20th Century American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

“Jockey”
“Jockey”

“Jockey”

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

This is an Leroy Neiman original Serigraph “Jockey” signed and numbered. In excellent condition measures 28x22

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20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

Paris Bourse, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Paris Bourse, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Paris Bourse, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman (American, 1921-2012) Title: Paris Bourse Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: PP Image Size: 29.5 x 37 inches Frame Size: 41 ...

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1980s American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

“1974 rushing back“
“1974 rushing back“

“1974 rushing back“

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Warren, NJ

This is an Leroy Neiman lithograph signed artist proof (1974 rushing back). In good condition measures 27x39. Comes Unframed

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20th Century Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

Nude, Playboy-era Oil Painting by LeRoy Neiman
Nude, Playboy-era Oil Painting by LeRoy Neiman

Nude, Playboy-era Oil Painting by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Nude Year: 1960 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed and dated l.r. Size: 8 x 11.5 inches Frame: 16 x 19.5 inches

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1950s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Oil

Olympic Basketbal

Olympic Basketbal

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...

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1970s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Portrait of a Cheetah

Portrait of a Cheetah

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...

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Early 2000s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

LeRoy Neiman 'Delacroix Tiger' 1977, Signed & numbered serigraph
LeRoy Neiman 'Delacroix Tiger' 1977, Signed & numbered serigraph

LeRoy Neiman 'Delacroix Tiger' 1977, Signed & numbered serigraph

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Pembroke Pines, FL

"Delacroix's Tiger" by LeRoy Neiman Media: Serigraph on Paper Image Dimensions: 28 5/8 x 38 1/8" Year Produced: 1977 Edition Size: 300 Numbered, 50 Artists Proofs, 6 Printers Proofs ...

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1970s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

The Rocket: Roger Clemens, Yankees Baseball Pitcher by LeRoy Neiman

The Rocket: Roger Clemens, Yankees Baseball Pitcher by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: The Rocket: Roger Clemens Year: 2003 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 192/325 Image Size: 27.5 x 36 inche...

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1970s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Nadia, Comaneci Montreal Olympics Poster, 1976

Nadia, Comaneci Montreal Olympics Poster, 1976

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Leroy Neiman (1921-2012) Title: Nadia, Comaneci Montreal Olympics poster Year: 1976 Medium: Silkscreen on wove paper Size: 22 x 30.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: ...

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1970s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Left Bank Cafe, Paris
Left Bank Cafe, Paris

Left Bank Cafe, Paris

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Left Bank Cafe, Paris" 1987 is an original color serigraph by noted American artist LeRoy Neiman, 1921-2012. It is hand signed and numbered H.C 166/175 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 26 x 38 inches, sheet size is 32.25 x 44 inches. With the blind stamp of the printer Styria Studio at the lower left corner margin. It is in excellent condition, two small pieces of hanging tape remain on the back. About the artist: Mr. Neiman's kinetic, quickly executed paintings and drawings, many of them published in Playboy, offered his fans gaudily colored visual reports on heavyweight boxing matches, Super Bowl games and Olympic contests, as well as social panoramas like the horse races at Deauville, France, and the Cannes Film Festival. Quite consciously, he cast himself in the mold of French Impressionists like Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir and Degas, chroniclers of public life who found rich social material at racetracks, dance halls and cafes. Mr. Neiman often painted or sketched on live television. With the camera recording his progress at the sketchpad or easel, he interpreted the drama of Olympic Games and Super Bowls for an audience of millions. When Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky faced off in Reykjavik, Iceland, to decide the world chess championship, Mr. Neiman was there, sketching. He was on hand to capture Federico Fellini directing "8 ½" and the Kirov Ballet performing in the Soviet Union. In popularity, Mr. Neiman rivaled American favorites like Norman Rockwell, Grandma Moses and Andrew Wyeth. A prolific one-man industry, he generated hundreds of paintings, drawings, watercolors, limited-edition serigraph prints and coffee-table books yearly, earning gross annual revenue in the tens of millions of dollars. Although he exhibited constantly and his work was included in the collections of dozens of museums around the world, critical respect eluded him. Mainstream art critics either ignored him completely or, if forced to consider his work, dismissed it with contempt as garish and superficial — magazine illustration with pretensions. Mr. Neiman professed not to care. Maybe the critics are right," he told American Artist magazine in 1995. "But what am I supposed to do about it — stop painting, change my work completely? I go back into the studio, and there I am at the easel again. I enjoy what I'm doing and feel good working. Other thoughts are just crowded out." His image suggested an artist well beyond the reach of criticism. A dandy and bon vivant, he cut an arresting figure with his luxuriant ear-to-ear mustache, white suits, flashy hats and Cuban cigars. "He quite intentionally invented himself as a flamboyant artist not unlike Salvador Dalí, in much the same way that I became Mr. Playboy in the late '50s," Hugh Hefner told Cigar Aficionado magazine in 1995. LeRoy Runquist was born on June 8, 1921, in St. Paul. His father, a railroad worker, deserted the family when LeRoy was quite young, and the boy took the surname of his stepfather. He showed a flair for art at an early age. While attending a local Roman Catholic school, he impressed schoolmates by drawing ink tattoos on their arms during recess. As a teenager, he earned money doing illustrations for local grocery stores. "I'd sketch a turkey, a cow, a fish, with the prices," he told Cigar Aficionado. "And then I had the good sense to draw the guy who owned the store. This gave me tremendous power as a kid." After being drafted into the Army in 1942, he served as a cook in the European theater but in his spare time painted risqué murals on the walls of kitchens and mess halls. The Army's Special Services Division, recognizing his talent, put him to work painting stage sets for Red Cross shows when he was stationed in Germany after the war. On leaving the military, he studied briefly at the St. Paul School of Art (now the Minnesota Museum of American Art) before enrolling in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where, after four years of study, he taught figure drawing and fashion illustration throughout the 1950s. When the janitor of the apartment building next door to his threw out half-empty cans of enamel house paint, Mr. Neiman found his métier. Experimenting with the new medium, he embraced a rapid style of applying paint to canvas imposed by the free-flowing quality of the house paint. While doing freelance fashion illustration for the Carson Pirie Scott department store in Chicago in the early 1950s, he became friendly with Mr. Hefner, a copywriter there who was on the verge of publishing the first issue of a men's magazine. In 1954, after five issues of Playboy had appeared, Mr. Neiman ran into Mr. Hefner and invited him to his apartment to see his paintings of boxers, strip clubs and restaurants. Mr. Hefner, impressed, showed the work to Playboy's art director, Art Paul, who commissioned an illustration for "Black Country," a story by Charles Beaumont about a jazz musician. Thus began a relationship that endured for more than half a century and established Mr. Neiman's reputation. In 1955, when Mr. Hefner decided that the party-jokes page needed visual interest, Mr. Neiman came up with the Femlin, a curvaceous brunette who cavorted across the page in thigh-high stockings, high-heeled shoes, opera gloves and nothing else. She appeared in every issue of the magazine thereafter. Three years later, Mr. Neiman devised a running feature, "Man at His Leisure." For the next 15 years, he went on assignment to glamour spots around the world, sending back visual reports on subjects as varied as the races at Royal Ascot, the dining room of the Tour d'Argent in Paris, the nude beaches of the Dalmatian coast, the running of the bulls at Pamplona and Carnaby Street in swinging London. He later produced more than 100 paintings and 2 murals for 18 of the Playboy clubs that opened around the world. "Playboy made the good life a reality for me and made it the subject matter of my paintings — not affluence and luxury as such, but joie de vivre itself," Mr. Neiman told V.I.P. magazine in 1962. Working in the same copywriting department at Carson Pirie Scott as Mr. Hefner was Janet Byrne, a student at the Art Institute. She and Mr. Neiman married in 1957. She survives him. A prolific artist, he generated dozens of paintings each year that routinely commanded five-figure prices. When Christie's auctioned off the Playboy archives in 2003, his 1969 painting Man at His Leisure: Le Mans sold for $107,550. Sales of the signed, limited-edition print versions of his paintings, published in editions of 250 to 500, became a lucrative business in itself after Knoedler Publishing, a wholesale operation, was created in 1975 to publish and distribute his serigraphs, etchings, books and posters. Mr. Neiman's most famous images came from the world of sports. His long association with the Olympics began with the Winter Games in Squaw Valley in 1960, and he went on to cover the games, on live television, in Munich in 1972, Montreal in 1976, Lake Placid in 1980, and Sarajevo and Los Angeles in 1984, using watercolor, ink or felt-tip marker to produce images with the dispatch of a courtroom sketch artist. At the 1978 and 1979 Super Bowls, he used a computerized electronic pen to portray the action for CBS. Although he was best known for scenes filled with people and incident, he also painted many portraits. Athletes predominated, with Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath among his more famous subjects, but he also painted Leonard Bernstein, the ballet dancer Suzanne Farrell...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Elephant Tryptic

Elephant Tryptic

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Leroy Neiman Elephant Tryptic 1972 12 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. From the rare Artist Proof edition of 85. Numbered 18 / 85 Original serigraph in colors on paper Hand signed and numbere...

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1970s Leroy Neiman Art

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Giclée

Harlem Streets, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Harlem Streets, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Harlem Streets, Pop Art Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Harlem Streets Year: 1982 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: PP Image Size: 24 x 41.5 inches Size: 30 x 48 in. (76.2 x...

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1980s Contemporary Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Large illustrated Carnaval gift book in bespoke box (Hand Signed and Numbered)
Large illustrated Carnaval gift book in bespoke box (Hand Signed and Numbered)

Large illustrated Carnaval gift book in bespoke box (Hand Signed and Numbered)

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in New York, NY

LeRoy Neiman Carnaval gift book in bespoke box (Hand Signed and Numbered), 1981 Hardback Monograph with Vinyl Dust Jacket. Hand Signed by Artist on Colophon on Vellum parchment pape...

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1980s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Ink, Mixed Media, Offset

Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (Tennis), Expressionist Poster by LeRoy Neiman

Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (Tennis), Expressionist Poster by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) - Springfield Museum of Fine Arts (Tennis), Year: 1974, Medium: Poster, Size: 24.5 in. x 34 in. (62.23 cm x 86.36 cm), Frame Size: 31 x 37 in...

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1970s Expressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Offset

American Bald Eagle

American Bald Eagle

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Philadelphia, PA

LeRoy Neiman's art style is a blend of impressionism, expressionism, and realism, with elements of Pop Art. His work is known for its vibrant colors, spontaneous brushstrokes, and dy...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

Punchinello, Signed Modern Lithograph on Arches by LeRoy Neiman
Punchinello, Signed Modern Lithograph on Arches by LeRoy Neiman

Punchinello, Signed Modern Lithograph on Arches by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Punchinello with Text Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in pencil Edition: AP Paper Size: 30 x 24 inches

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1970s Pop Art Leroy Neiman Art

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Lithograph

Polar Bears, Expressionist Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman
Polar Bears, Expressionist Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

Polar Bears, Expressionist Screenprint by LeRoy Neiman

By LeRoy Neiman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: LeRoy Neiman, American (1921 - 2012) Title: Polar Bears Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 214/300 Image Size: ...

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1980s American Impressionist Leroy Neiman Art

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Screen

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  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Like a lithograph, a serigraph (or screen print) is a print, but in this case, the image to be printed is stenciled onto fabric, instead of being painted onto a stone or metal plate, as in a lithograph.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    LeRoy Neiman’s art gives off the tone of impressionism. He uses vibrant colors and spontaneous and sporadic brush strokes to achieve the final outcome of his work. Shop a selection of LeRoy Neiman’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.