Artist: LeRoy Neiman
Title: Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound)
Year created: 1988
Medium: Hand-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Color Serigraph on Paper
Edition: 41/375 Hand-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition
Height (inches): 24
Width (inches): 28
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is unframed.
Description of piece:
LeRoy Neiman had a special affinity for animals, painting portraitures ranging from wild animal families in their natural jungle habitats, to beloved companion animals. This elegant portrait captures the refined and regal Borzoi dog, also known as the Russian Wolfhound.
Descended from dogs brought to Russia from central Asia, the aristocratic Borzoi’s structure follows the ancient Greyhound template. Cherished for their intelligence and calm demeanor, in full stride the Borzoi is a princely package of strength, grace, and glamour flying by at 35 to 40 miles per hour. In Russian, the word “borzói ” translates literally to “fast”.
Numbered 41 from a limited edition tirage of only 375 impressions, this rare and beautifully colored Neiman serigraph is numbered in pencil in the lower left margin, and hand-signed, also in pencil, by the artist in the lower right margin. Paper size measures 24” in height x 28” width. The artwork has never been framed.
The work 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.