Leroy Neiman Hand Pulled Serigraph on Paper: "Harry's Wall Street Bar"
Artist: Leroy Neiman
Title: Harry's Wall Street Bar
About the Art: HARRY'S WALL STREET BAR 19858
Serigraph
Image size 25 1/4" x 38" (64.14 x 96.52 cm)
A limited edition of 600 numbered impressions; 100AP, 18PP, 10HC, signed by the artist This represents LeRoy Neiman's fascination with great bars and especially their clientele. "Harry's Wall Street Bar" is a part of the Neiman tradition, one which includes images of P.J. Clarke's, The Bar at 21, F.X. McRory's and numerous others. Harry's Bar is the Wall Street bar for traders, brokers, investment bankers, and New York's myriad of power brokers. With its polished footrails, Harry's represents a traditional standing bar and it is on which is often as loud as the floor of the Exchange itself. While maneuvering at the bar, the elegantly dressed Wall Street denizens swap tales of their megabuck deals and the previous night's club hopping and partying. Within this group are also Wall Street's super businesswomen who must be counted among the bar's regulars too. Specifically depicted on the far left is Felix Rohatyn, the investment banker and fiscal architect of the plan which saved New York City from bankruptcy, and to his right is congenial Harry Poulakakos, the owner. To Rohatyn's left is Peter, the maitre d', and standing between Harry and Rohatyn is New York's very popular Mayor Edward Koch. Although the Mayor had never actually stood at the bar, he has passed through it numerous times on his way to meetings and luncheons in adjoining rooms. LeRoy Neiman has also depicted three of Harry's venerable bartenders; John, Jerry and Jimmy, at their own stations, each with his own following. Important fixtures of Harry's are the monitors hanging on wither side of the bar which flash the daily bond prices and the stacks of bottles in the center of the bar which tower in this image like New York's own skyscrapers. Interestingly, although the wall clock reads 21 to 1, this could be early in the afternoon or early in the morning. It is always crowded at Harry's, be it A.M. or P.M.
Title: Harry's Wall Street Bar
About the Art: HARRY'S WALL STREET BAR 19858
Serigraph
Image size 25 1/4" x 38" (64.14 x 96.52 cm)
A limited edition of 600 numbered impressions; 100AP, 18PP, 10HC, signed by the artist This represents LeRoy Neiman's fascination with great bars and especially their clientele. "Harry's Wall Street Bar" is a part of the Neiman tradition, one which includes images of P.J. Clarke's, The Bar at 21, F.X. McRory's and numerous others. Harry's Bar is the Wall Street bar for traders, brokers, investment bankers, and New York's myriad of power brokers. With its polished footrails, Harry's represents a traditional standing bar and it is on which is often as loud as the floor of the Exchange itself. While maneuvering at the bar, the elegantly dressed Wall Street denizens swap tales of their megabuck deals and the previous night's club hopping and partying. Within this group are also Wall Street's super businesswomen who must be counted among the bar's regulars too. Specifically depicted on the far left is Felix Rohatyn, the investment banker and fiscal architect of the plan which saved New York City from bankruptcy, and to his right is congenial Harry Poulakakos, the owner. To Rohatyn's left is Peter, the maitre d', and standing between Harry and Rohatyn is New York's very popular Mayor Edward Koch. Although the Mayor had never actually stood at the bar, he has passed through it numerous times on his way to meetings and luncheons in adjoining rooms. LeRoy Neiman has also depicted three of Harry's venerable bartenders; John, Jerry and Jimmy, at their own stations, each with his own following. Important fixtures of Harry's are the monitors hanging on wither side of the bar which flash the daily bond prices and the stacks of bottles in the center of the bar which tower in this image like New York's own skyscrapers. Interestingly, although the wall clock reads 21 to 1, this could be early in the afternoon or early in the morning. It is always crowded at Harry's, be it A.M. or P.M.
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