ORIGINAL LEROY NEIMAN (1921-2012) HEIT GALLERIES ART EXHIBITION POSTER, 26IN x 35IN (66cm x 89cm)

Inventory #: 25-889 - $500.00

Leroy Neiman (1921-2012) original exhibition poster for the opening of the LeRoy Neiman exhibit at the Heit Galleries in Phoenix Arizona in 1976. The artwork featured on the poster depicts a hurdles race, and Neiman was the official artist for ABC-TV at the Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976. With frame, this piece measures 26 inches x 35 inches. This piece is matted and framed under acrylic in a wooden frame. This piece was acquired from a Metro Washington DC estate. FLAT RATE SHIPPING OF $200.00 WITH INSURANCE FOR THIS PIECE WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Flat rate shipping is billed separately after the invoice has been paid.

About the Artist: LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012) is known for his bright, colorful paintings and screen prints of famous sports stars in a semi-abstract style, LeRoy Neiman became one of the 20th centuries most successful illustrators. At sporting events, he became a well-known figure in natty attire with bushy beard and sketchbook. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. His mediums are oil, enamel, serigraphy and etching, and his studio is in New York City, just off Central Park West. In 2000, a major book of his serigraphs, The Prints of LeRoy Neiman, 1991-2000, was published by Knoedler Publishing of New York. His many books included LeRoy Neiman: Art and Lifestyle, Horses, Winners: My Thirty Years in Sports, Big-Time Golf, LeRoy Neiman on Safari and LeRoy Neiman: Five Decades. In 1995, he donated $6 million to Columbia University's School of the Arts to endow the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. His memoir, All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies and Provocateurs, was published in June of 2012. Mr. Neiman died on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 in Manhattan.