With hundreds of photos and color illustrations, a memoir filled with the biggest celebrities in twentieth-century sport, art,

sexy dames, theater, music, film, and beyond, by LeRoy Neimanthe artist who defined a century in vibrating color What intrigued me about LeRoy from the very beginning was that his work was rooted in fine art. He was teaching at the Art Institute when nobody else was blurring the lines between fine art and commercial art like he was. Hes always had that distinctive LeRoy style, one that I knew from day one would define the unique nature of Playboy. Trust has been the key to our relationship, and hes the only artist Ive worked with for more than fifty years. Hes a tremendous talent and a tremendous human being. Hugh Hefner, Playboy
Cover design by Bret Kerr | Cover photograph Greg Friedler

My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs

eRoy Neimanarguably the worlds most recognizable contemporary artistbroke

the barrier between fine art and popular ar during a career in which he created indelible images that helped define the twentieth century. But it is the life hes lived and the people hes known that make the memoir of this scrappy Depression-era kid who became a swashbuckling bon vivant with the famous mustache such a marvelous historical canvas. Chronicler and confidant of Muhammad Ali, Neiman also traveled with Sinatra, cavorted with Dali and Warhol, watched afternoon soaps with Dizzy Gillespie, played in Sly Stallones Rocky movies, exchanged quips with Nixon, smoked cigars with Castro, and experienced the September 5, 1972, terrorist attacks at the Munich Olympics alongside Peter Jennings, Howard Cosell, and Jim McKay. And then theres his half-century relationship with Hugh Hefner as principle artistic contributor to Playboy since its founding, setting up studios in London and Paris to cover his Playboy beat, Man at His Leisure, and his creation of the Femlin, the iconic Playboy nymphette. And, still, theres so much more . . . With his lifes work, and now in All Told, LeRoy

LeRoy Neiman married fine art to popular art with his brilliantly colored, energetic depictions of sports, celebrities, America at play, life on safari, and locations from the White House lawn to a nudist colony on the Adriatic. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he left high school in 1942 to join the US Army, returning four years later to obtain his high school degree. He then studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (where he taught for ten years), the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. Early in the 1950s he did fashion illustration for the department store of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., where he met Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in 1953. He lives in New York City, overlooking Central Park. His prints are eagerly collected, fetching impressive sums. He has published more than a dozen books of his collected work, has won numerous awards, and is included in the fine art collections of the nations top museums.
Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press Guilford, Connecticut www.LyonsPress.com

It was not unusual for me to look up from a workout or a sparring session to see LeRoy perched on a chair, off to the side, studying my movements while sketching in quick strokes. With its bold colors and distinctive artistic style, LeRoys art and sketches captured my attention and imagination. LeRoy made me look as colorful and pretty on paper as I was in personnow thats talent! Muhammad Ali

LeRoy Neimans love of jazz is real. His series of stunning poster art, depicting Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday contributed immensely to the success that is The Newport Jazz Festival. LeRoy donated this [Is this correct, or is it supposed to be his?] work to us in the years between 1964 and 2004. He would accept no compensation, which we couldnt have afforded any way. His work and his story, All Told, are priceless. George Wein, jazz impresario, founder of The Newport Jazz Festival

US $29.95 /

Canadian $32.95

Neiman has captured sports heroes, movie stars, presidents, dishwashers, jet-setters, jockeys, and more than a few Bunnies at the Playboy Mansiona panoramic record of society like no other.
LYONS PRESS
3/5/12 7:08 PM

AllTold_mech3.indd 1

With hundreds of photos and color illustrations, a memoir filled with the biggest celebrities in twentieth-century sport, art, sexy dames, theater, music, film, and beyond, by LeRoy Neimanthe artist who defined a century in vibrating color What intrigued me about LeRoy from the very beginning was that his work was rooted in fine art. He was teaching at the Art Institute when nobody else was blurring the lines between fine art and commercial art like he was. Hes always had that distinctive LeRoy style, one that I knew from day one would define the unique nature of Playboy. Trust has been the key to our relationship, and hes the only artist Ive worked with for more than fifty years. Hes a tremendous talent and a tremendous human being. Hugh Hefner, Playboy
Cover design by Bret Kerr | Cover photograph Greg Friedler

My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs

eRoy Neimanarguably the worlds most recognizable contemporary artistbroke

the barrier between fine art and popular ar during a career in which he created indelible images that helped define the twentieth century. But it is the life hes lived and the people hes known that make the memoir of this scrappy Depression-era kid who became a swashbuckling bon vivant with the famous mustache such a marvelous historical canvas. Chronicler and confidant of Muhammad Ali, Neiman also traveled with Sinatra, cavorted with Dali and Warhol, watched afternoon soaps with Dizzy Gillespie, played in Sly Stallones Rocky movies, exchanged quips with Nixon, smoked cigars with Castro, and experienced the September 5, 1972, terrorist attacks at the Munich Olympics alongside Peter Jennings, Howard Cosell, and Jim McKay. And then theres his half-century relationship with Hugh Hefner as principle artistic contributor to Playboy since its founding, setting up studios in London and Paris to cover his Playboy beat, Man at His Leisure, and his creation of the Femlin, the iconic Playboy nymphette. And, still, theres so much more . . . With his lifes work, and now in All Told, LeRoy

LeRoy Neiman married fine art to popular art with his brilliantly colored, energetic depictions of sports, celebrities, America at play, life on safari, and locations from the White House lawn to a nudist colony on the Adriatic. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he left high school in 1942 to join the US Army, returning four years later to obtain his high school degree. He then studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (where he taught for ten years), the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. Early in the 1950s he did fashion illustration for the department store of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., where he met Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in 1953. He lives in New York City, overlooking Central Park. His prints are eagerly collected, fetching impressive sums. He has published more than a dozen books of his collected work, has won numerous awards, and is included in the fine art collections of the nations top museums.
Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press Guilford, Connecticut www.LyonsPress.com

It was not unusual for me to look up from a workout or a sparring session to see LeRoy perched on a chair, off to the side, studying my movements while sketching in quick strokes. With its bold colors and distinctive artistic style, LeRoys art and sketches captured my attention and imagination. LeRoy made me look as colorful and pretty on paper as I was in personnow thats talent! Muhammad Ali

LeRoy Neimans love of jazz is real. His series of stunning poster art, depicting Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday contributed immensely to the success that is The Newport Jazz Festival. LeRoy donated this [Is this correct, or is it supposed to be his?] work to us in the years between 1964 and 2004. He would accept no compensation, which we couldnt have afforded any way. His work and his story, All Told, are priceless. George Wein, jazz impresario, founder of The Newport Jazz Festival

US $29.95 /

Canadian $32.95

Neiman has captured sports heroes, movie stars, presidents, dishwashers, jet-setters, jockeys, and more than a few Bunnies at the Playboy Mansiona panoramic record of society like no other.
LYONS PRESS
3/5/12 7:08 PM

AllTold_mech3.indd 2