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Subject: American Artists and Sculptures
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Asked by: parker1234-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 18 Dec 2002 10:34 PST
Expires: 17 Jan 2003 10:34 PST
Question ID: 126526
About 25 years ago we found a very unusual home-made bird scuplture in
an alley behind the east side of the 1800 block of north Orleans
street in Chicago.  Rumor had it at that time that the artist LeRoy
Neiman lived in that block at that time.  I'd like to know if Neiman
indeed did live in that block at that time and if so how we might
contact him to see whether, perhaps, he made that bird scuplture.  (We
still have the sculpture.)

Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 18 Dec 2002 14:09 PST
Dear parker1234-ga
I cannot answer all of your question so I will post a part answer in
case another researcher can complete it.
According to his web site "Hammer Galleries is the agent for LeRoy
Neiman's original works and commissions.
For appraisal or identification of LeRoy Neiman artwork, send
photographs of the work to Hammer Galleries. There is a charge for
appraisal and identification. Photographs will not be returned." Their
details can be found at
http://www.leroyneiman.com/about.ihtml?about=contact&title=contact
answerfinder-ga
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Subject: Re: American Artists and Sculptures
From: ericynot-ga on 23 Dec 2002 07:29 PST
 
Hi parker1234,

I sent the following email message to Knoedler Publishing:

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Eric J******* 
To: sheila@knoedlerpublishing.com 
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:02 PM 
Subject: Neiman sculpture 

Is there a way for you to pass along a question to LeRoy Neiman? 

If you can, the question is "Did he once, about 25 years ago, live in
the 1800 block of North Orleans Street in Chicago, and, if so, did he
perhaps leave behind a bird sculpture that he had done when he moved
from that address?"
 
Happy holidays, and thanks for your help, 
Eric J*******
Dallas, Texas

After a couple of tries, I received this reply:
---------
Sorry, no. he never lived there.
---------

That would be the answer, I think, except that subsidiary
investigation turns up the fact that "LeRoy Neiman was born in St.
Paul, Minnesota, and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, De Paul
University, and the University of Illinois. He taught at the Art
Institute of Chicago's school for ten years. Neiman moved to New York
City in 1963 when he had his first one-man show at the Hammer
Gallery."
http://www.rogallery.com/neiman_leroy/neiman-biography.htm

That information says to me that there is still a remote possibility
that Neiman did live in the neighborhood you mentioned, and that the
respondent from Knoedler is either mistaken or just too lazy to
actually ask Neiman for the answer. If either of those things is true,
then your sculpture could indeed be a Neiman.

On the other hand, if your 25 year timeline is correct, then it's
unlikely the sculpture is by Neiman since he's been gone from Chicago
for 40 years. The only way to be certain, since it's virtually
impossible to contact a public figure like Neiman directly, is to try
to establish a personal relationship with his gallery, and hope they
will speak with him on your behalf, or, perhaps, find out if he is
having a personally attended show where you could actually meet and
talk with him  (I have no idea if Mr. Neiman, who is now 75, still
ventures forth to meet with his public, but, since he's an obviously
gregarious man, if his health is still good, he may very well do so.)

Here's his gallery:
Hammer Galleries, LLC
33 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019 
Phone: (212) 644-4400

There's one other route you might try. According to one website "by
his own account he is a workaholic, taking no vacations and having no
hobbies. He lives with his wife in a double high studio in the Hotel
des Artistes, a landmark in New York City." You might try simply
addressing a letter to him, in care of that hotel, and see if he
responds.
http://www.artlover.org/more_art/artist_bios/neim-bio.html

I didn't post this as an official "answer" because of the inability to
be 100% certain of my results, but if you feel the work is sufficient
to your needs, please let me know and I will post it and gratefully
accept your fee.

Thanks for your question, and happy holidays!
ericynot-ga

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