Bid to win Polo Lounge, by LeRoy Neiman!
Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Title: Polo Lounge (Diptych Left)
Year created: 1989
Medium: Hand-Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Serigraph
Edition: A.P. 86/100 (Artist's Proof)
Height (inches): 25
Width (inches): 37-1/2
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is unframed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece:
The legendary Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, frequented by generations of Hollywood stars, is captured in this rare and iconic serigraph by LeRoy Neiman. An Artist’s Proof of the limited edition work, it is numbered A.P. 86/100. Only 100 artist proofs were created, while the limited edition numbered only 700 impressions.
Populating the room of the Neiman’s Polo Lounge are over a dozen luminaries, including LeRoy Neiman himself (on the phone). At the bar in the foreground of the image are Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, John Huston, and Elizabeth Taylor. Seated at tables towards the back of the room are Hedda Hopper, Gregory Peck, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Collins, Johnny Carson, and Walter Benny.
Neiman had a special affinity to this work, and to the Polo Lounge itself: “I bring personal and sentimental baggage to this work," Neiman explains. "As a guest, I have felt at home in the bungalows of The Beverly Hills Hotel for many years. As a stargazer, I have always enjoyed the unique showcase that is the Polo Lounge. Stars here have left a special imprint on my memory, so there was something magical for me in creating this sampling of Hollywood's elite."
The work is hand-signed by LeRoy Neiman, in pencil, and 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.