Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Title: Smash (Tennis)
Year created: 1973
Medium: Color Serigraph on Paper
Edition: 254/300 Hand-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition
Height (inches): 27-3/4
Width (inches): 20-1/4
Depth (inches): 1
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.
Description of piece:
Bid to win Smash, an iconic abstract by renowned artist LeRoy Neiman!
A "smash" in tennis is a powerful shot that is hit above the hitter's head with a serve-like motion, and is often a shot that ends the point. LeRoy Neiman’s Smash captures the power and intensity of this tennis maneuver, in a bold and richly colored serigraph.
Elegantly custom framed, in a black gallery-style frame with pale beeswax-hued archival matting, the newly framed artwork measures 27-3/4" in height x 20-1/4" width x 1" depth.
A Limited Edition color serigraph, Smash is numbered 254 from the signed and numbered limited edition of only 300 pieces, this vibrant and dynamic Neiman serigraph is numbered in the lower left margin, in pencil; the work is hand-signed by LeRoy Neiman, also in pencil, lower right.
The artwork is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Artist bio:
LeRoy Neiman (1921-2012) studied in Chicago at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, where he then taught for 10 years before moving to New York City in 1962. Renowned for his painting and printmaking, Neiman is one of the few artists of the 20th century whose work is known by millions, both nationally and internationally.
Best known for his brilliantly colored, stunningly energetic images of the world of sports, exclusive leisure activities, and the world of entertainment, LeRoy Neiman's art is unique, and his work is without any real comparison in the art world. Neiman broke the barriers of many of the most hallowed assumptions of modern art history and contemporary criticism, his style exploding with the dramatic intensity of Abstract Expressionist brushstrokes, strokes that pick out action: whether it is the action of sports, the action of a nightclub, casino or yacht race, or capturing the inimitable majesty of nature.
LeRoy Neiman published hundreds of limited edition serigraphs which have become as much sought after as the prints of Miro, Chagall, and Picasso. Exhibited worldwide, from Moscow to Tokyo to Caracas, and honored with many awards for his art, Neiman is an icon of contemporary art. His work is held in the permanent collections of innumerable museums including the Whitney Museum in NYC, Baltimore Museum of Fine Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, the Hermitage in Leningrad, and the Art Institute of Chicago.