Those sketchbooks! I once met Ali. One of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met. So kind and gentle and authentic. Same with Johnny Cash. Maybe it was the context, but so few others had such generosity of spirit in my limited 3 hr experience of each of them. Marty Sklar too. 💗
Bill, thanks for showing this side of Leroy Neiman. I was unaware of it, and like you, I was not a fan of his work. It seemed formulaic to me and other than some of his color choices it was uninteresting. However, the examples in your story are killer and have given me a new respect for his abilities.
Love the photo of Ali and the sketch of him. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!
Those sketchbooks! I once met Ali. One of the most beautiful people I’ve ever met. So kind and gentle and authentic. Same with Johnny Cash. Maybe it was the context, but so few others had such generosity of spirit in my limited 3 hr experience of each of them. Marty Sklar too. 💗
Superduper. When I was a kid, admittedly, I was a bit of a fan of the jet-setting swashbuckler.
Thanks Bill.
His work in Playboy is aspirational....just the illustrations.
Bill, thanks for showing this side of Leroy Neiman. I was unaware of it, and like you, I was not a fan of his work. It seemed formulaic to me and other than some of his color choices it was uninteresting. However, the examples in your story are killer and have given me a new respect for his abilities.
Thx John. Neiman had quite the art career. Admire him for that. May have sold out though.