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LeRoy Neiman
LeRoy Neiman Large Color Serigraph Champions Boxing Madison Square Garden Signed
1977

Name: LeRoy Neiman Large Color Serigraph Champions Boxing Madison Square Garden Signed
Brand: LeRoy Neiman
Rating: 4.9 (69 reviews)

$4,695List Price

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LeRoy Neiman Large & Authentic Color Serigraph, "Introduction of the Champions at Madison Square Garden", Professionally Custom Framed and listed with the Submit Best Offer option Accepting Offers Now: Up for sale here we have an Extremely Rare, Original Serigraph by LeRoy Neiman titled, "Introduction of the Champions at Madison Square Garden" from his tributes to the greatest legends of the ring. Also, the piece has been elaborately custom framed, as shown, in an expensive gold finished moulding to enhance the spectacular imagery. Furthermore, with only 50 pieces in the artist's proof edition, that sold out almost immediately after it was published in 1977, it is now nearly impossible to find. Yet we have listed it for thousands less than the current retail of $12,000.00, and with the Submit Best Offer option, so name your price now. At this incredible value, it will not be around long as the first person to meet our bottom line shall be the lucky new owner. You do not want to miss this opportunity to own an authentic work by one of Pop Art's Impressionistic Masters, LeRoy Neiman. LEROY NEIMAN (1926 - 2012): Leroy Neiman is best known for his brilliantly colored, stunningly energetic images of sporting events, social and leisure activities. During his lifetime, he was the most popular and successful living artist in the United States. Neiman's artistic style and genius is familiar to a remarkably broad spectrum of people around the world. His artworks are found in monthly issues of playboy magazine, has been used in promotion for the Olympics and Super Bowl and completed along the sidelines of many other sporting events. Neiman was widely regarded as the greatest living artist at the time of his death in 2012. The Prestigious Heritage Auction House has recently stated, "Though Neiman has long served as the most recognizable American artist of the post-war era, his recent passing has added rocket fuel to the fire of his market, with four of his works soaring into six-figure territory in recent Heritage auctions. We expect the climb in pricing to continue, and for smart investors to be paying close attention when this classic work hits the block." SUBMIT BEST OFFER, All OFFERS CONSIDERED: The artwork listed here is a spectacular and bold serigraph on heavy art paper titled, "Introduction of the Champions at Madison Square Garden" by renowned Pop/Impressionistic artist LeRoy Neiman. This piece, one of Neiman's nicest we have ever made available, is part of his best, and most desirable series ever, which he created using his daring vision and captivating genius to recreate iconic scenes from marquee boxing matches. The one here is an authentic, HAND SIGNED and Numbered (A.P.) Serigraph that comes with a gallery certificate guaranteeing its authenticity. Fortunately, we are presenting you the opportunity to own this piece at a much better price than retail outlets command by listing it with submit best OFFER option, meaning it will likely sell before this listing ends. The artwork is of impressive craftsmanship and size, archival matted to approximately measuring approximately 32" x 46", 28" x 41", and 40" x 52" with the high quality custom frame. Making it even better in person where the vivid color, that is suitable for any decor, brings it to life in a brilliant display of Modern Impressionism. LeRoy Neiman's art has been exhibited in major museums around the world, and can be found in some of the most prestigious public and private collections worldwide. Here is your chance to own an Authentic artwork too as the framed display will be custom packaged to ship domestically or internationally. Therefore please contact us if you have any questions and do not forget to submit those offers.

Creator:
LeRoy Neiman (1921 - 2012, American)
Creation Year:
1977
Dimensions:
Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 46 in (116.84 cm)
More Editions & Sizes:
40 x 52 framed, Artist ProofPrice: $4,695
Medium:
Screen
Movement & Style:
Pop Art
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Bloomington, MN
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU123016034042

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LeRoy Neiman

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.