#10620 • Leroy Neiman (American; 1921-2012) "Mark McGwire"

Part of Pierre Argillet & Royal Family Art Collection (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $4,000-$4,500 Leroy Neiman (American; 1921-2012) "Mark McGwire" Hand Signed Framed Lithograph - This piece is a hand signed lithograph by legendary artist Leroy Neiman. The piece pays tribute to Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals, who hit 70 home runs in the 1998 baseball season, shattering the previous record of 60 held by the legendary Roger Maris. McGwire is shown just after another home run, his massive chest, arms and hands filling the center of the image, and his sharp eyes following the ball as it rockets out of the stadium. The lithograph is hand signed by Neiman, and has been professionally matted and framed. The piece (including the frame) measures 44" x 32". Leroy Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screen prints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events. Following his return from the Army in 1946, Neiman studied briefly at the St. Paul School of Art, then at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago on the G.I. Bill. Beginning in 1960, he traveled the world observing and painting leisure life, social activities and athletic competitions including the Olympics, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Kentucky Derby, championship boxing, PGA and The Masters golf tournament, The Ryder Cup, the World Equestrian Games, Wimbledon and other Grand Slam competitions, as well as night life, entertainment, jazz and the world of casino gambling. Neiman worked in oil, enamel, watercolor, pencil drawings, pastels, serigraphy and some lithographs and etching. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the State Hermitage Museum in Russia, Wadham College at Oxford and in museums and art galleries the world over, as well as in private and corporate collections.