HAND SIGNED OFFSET LITHOGRAPH. CUSTOM FRAMED IN A DISTRESSED GOLD AND DOUBLE MATTED IN BLUE AND WHITE.

In this celebratory piece, LeRoy Neiman has included portraits of several of the celebrities who used to dine at the storied restaurant. Interspersed among the guests in the scene are portraits of James Beard, Elton John, and a self-portrait of LeRoy Neiman himself.LeRoy Neiman enjoys a richly deserved international reputation as an artist. He was without a doubt one of the most popular and widely recognized artists on the contemporary world scene. His appeal, as well as subject matter, is broad & universal. He sketched on location, and later in his studio developed these sketches into painting. Neiman studied at the Art Institute in Chicago & spent the following decade there as a member of its faculty. His work has been exhibited in museums & galleries around the world, among them; the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh; the Corcoran in Washington, DC; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; the Musee de Beaux-Arts in Artes, France; Musee de Bellas Artes en Caracas, Venezuela; and the Gallery Florentina d’Arte in Florence, Italy. Mr. Neiman passed away in 2012.