Sketchbook

LeRoy NeimanWW-1951-125197

1951·Opaque and transparent watercolor, graphite, brush and pen and black ink, and colored chalk on ivory wove paper, in spiral-bound sketchbook·Closed: 30 × 46 × 2 cm (11 13/16 × 18 1/8 × 13/16 in.); Opened: 30 × 91.5 × 2 cm (11 13/16 × 36 1/16 × 13/16 in.)

<p>In this colorful spread from a sketchbook, Neiman depicted the North Avenue Beach, bordered by Chicago’s soaring skyscrapers. Drawn in the same year that Neiman’s friend Hugh Hefner founded <em>Playboy</em> magazine, the artist seemed here to capture the sort of lifestyle embodied by the magazine.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1951
Medium: Opaque and transparent watercolor, graphite, brush and pen and black ink, and colored chalk on ivory wove paper, in spiral-bound sketchbook
Dimensions: Closed: 30 × 46 × 2 cm (11 13/16 × 18 1/8 × 13/16 in.); Opened: 30 × 91.5 × 2 cm (11 13/16 × 36 1/16 × 13/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: LeRoy Neiman

Artist

LeRoy Neiman

Painting

LeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.

Saint Paul, MN, USA

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