Leroy Neiman

American (1926 - 2012)

Leroy Neiman was an American artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Leroy Neiman's estimated art value is C$700 (*)

Leroy Neiman's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$50 - C$2,500, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a silkscreen work attributed to Leroy Neiman (1926-2012) was C$1,500 - paid for "Vegas Craps" at Heffel in Vancouver on Wed, Apr 20, 2016.
ArtValue.ca has 35 auction art sale records for their silkscreen results, with prices in the range of C$50 to C$2,500.

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Leroy Neiman was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1921. Following World War II Neiman studied at St. Paul School of Art, then at the School of The Art Institute of Chicago. After graduating, Neiman served on the Art Institute faculty for ten years. During this time he met Hugh Hefner while doing fashion illustration, and Hefner invited Neiman to contribute to the nascent Playboy magazine. Neiman contributed countless illustrations over the next fifty years while also building a career as a painter of social activities and athletic competitions. Neiman sponsored several artistic and educational programs, including the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University in New York and the LeRoy Neiman Campus Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He received numerous awards and five honorary doctorates. His work is in the permanent collections of many important public institutions including the Smithsonian, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Hermitage Museum (Russia). LeRoy Neiman died in New York in 2012 at the age of 91.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top silkscreen sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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