Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Title: Tee Shot (Jack Nicklaus)
Year created: 1973
Medium: Color Serigraph on Paper
Edition: 185/300 Hand-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition
Height (inches): 30-1/4
Width (inches): 24
Depth (inches): 1
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.
Description of piece:
Bid to win this classic limited edition portrait of golf icon Jack Nicklaus by artist LeRoy Neiman!
Widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time, Jack Nicklaus won a record total of 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second place and 9 third place finishes, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships– Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship, and PGA Championship– and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events. He competed in 164 major tournaments, more than any other player, finishing with 73 PGA Tour victories, third on the all-time list.
This impressively-sized showpiece is classic Neiman, and captures the essence of golf legend Jack Nicklaus, in full-swing. In this masterful portrait, Nicklaus is directly centered in the work. Beyond his primary figure, in quintessential Neiman style, is a crowd of onlookers, and Neiman’s vibrant depiction shares with the viewer the excitement of the professional golf tournament.
When one closely examines Neiman’s depiction both of Nicklaus and the figures gathered watching, one may gain an even deeper appreciation of Neiman’s unique style, and the mastery and visual energy of his work.
This classic work comes newly custom framed and ready for display in a black gallery style frame, measuring 30-1/4” in height x 24“ width x 1” depth.
Numbered 185 from the signed and numbered limited edition of only 300 pieces, this collectible Neiman serigraph is numbered in the lower left margin, in pencil; the work is hand-signed by LeRoy Neiman, also in pencil, in an especially large signature, lower right. The artwork 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.