Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Title: Elephant Family
Year created: 1983
Medium: Serigraph on Paper
Edition: 2/300 Hand-Signed & Numbered Limited Edition
Height (inches): 39-3/4
Width (inches): 48-1/2
Depth (inches): 1
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece:
Vibrantly colored and celebratory, Leroy Neiman’s Elephant Family is dramatically sized at 39-3/4” in height x 48-1/2” width in a new custom archival gallery frame of lustrous black wood with white archival matting.
Neiman had a special affinity for elephants, having painted no less than 11 major elephant-themed works, and this lovely portrayal features a family of four elephants in their jungle home, surrounded by lush greenery. The bull elephant father, mother elephant embracing the tiniest baby elephant safely in her trunk, and a second baby elephant, looking up smilingly at his family, complete Neiman’s Elephant Family portrait.
One of the most sought after and iconic elephant serigraphs by LeRoy Neiman, this limited edition work is numbered 2/300. 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.