Bidspirit auction | Leroy Neiman & Softart ”Cafe

Leroy Neiman & Softart ”Cafe Deux Magots #1” Tapestry - Produced in 1989 for Art Renaissance Technology Inc.  Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse. Neiman's signature on the front in the lower right corner. Spots of paint embellishment throughout the tapestry.   Dimensions: 59” x 86 1/2”    Condition: A few spots with white residue in the center of the tapestry. Otherwise, it is in very good condition. Please see images for details.    Artist Bio: LeRoy Neiman (1921–2012) studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago alongside Robert Indiana and Leon Golub, then taught there for about a decade. He met Hugh Hefner in 1954 and wrote and illustrated Playboy's ”Man at His Leisure” column from 1958 to 1973 — the vehicle that took him to the cafes, casinos, racetracks and arenas that became his subject — and served as official artist for five Olympic Games from 1972. His manner is a hot, saturated semi-Expressionism, slashing enamel-like strokes over a loose armature, drawn on site and amplified in the studio. Les Deux Magots in Saint-Germain-des-Pres belongs to the early 1960s, when Neiman lived in Paris painting cafe and resort society from Deauville to Venice.