#10621 • Leroy Neiman (American; 1921-2012) "Royal Family"

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) "Royal Family" Hand Signed Framed Serigraph - This piece is a hand signed serigraph by legendary artist Leroy Neiman. The piece is titled "Royal Family", and captures the expression and likeness of a beautiful family of lions. The king of beasts and his queen attentively scan the horizon, while their cubs nestle comfortably between them. 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.