“Saratoga”
(Harness Racing Scene)
Serigraph Signed, Lower Right,
“Leroy Neiman” #A/P 1974
Sheet Size App. 32" x 40"
Matt Opening App. 27" x 35"
Original Vintage 1970s Frame & Matt
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This is an Oversize Item
Shipped Flat for $200.00 in Continental U.S.
Can be Shipped Unframed for Discounted Shipping
$100 Flat/$45 in Large Tube
Condition: Good. Some discoloration of paper due to age, typical of vintage prints. Not examined out of mounting. Its always best to reframe these prints that arrive in vintage mounts.
Conservation framing was virtually unknown back in the day, so its best to always re-frame prints and drawings with older mountings.
Provenance: Private collection, Glendale, California. Purchased from a local
Southland gallery in the 1970s.
About The Artist: Leroy Neiman was a well-known illustrator with a distinctive style who became world famous for his paintings of sporting events and sports figures. Among other art schools, he was trained at the famous Art Institute of Chicago, where he later became an instructor. His distinctive style made him a popular illustrator in the 1950s and he became an early and prolific contributor to Playboy Magazine. Traveling and doing illustrations for Playboy led to a focus on boxing matches and other sporting events and then to the production of his serigraphs, which were normally limited to an edition of 300, plus artist’s proofs (denoted a A/P in pencil rather than numbered). The serigraphs, of which he published about six a year made him a wealthy man, as each edition in turn sold out. Neiman was a master of self-promotion and due to his appearances on the Wide World of Sports and on ABC’s Olympic broadcasts he became one of the few contemporary artists who was a recognizable household name and personality.
Leroy Neiman Market Notes: In contrast to some of his
contemporaries, the market for the Neiman serigraphs has remained solid, with
most works reselling in the $1,000 – $6,000 range. His market has not collapsed as have those of
some of his contemporaries because he kept the size of his editions relatively
small and because of the variety of his subjects, which ranged from auto racing
and boxing, to baseball, football, basketball, the Olympic Games, travel and
golf. The auction record for the sale of
an original Neiman painting is no less than $430,000, indicating that his fame
and popularity have continued unabated into the 2000s.