LeRoy Nieman

A photo of Leroy Neiman's etching "Home Run Blast." Artwork depicts a baseball player swinging the bat, black and white.
LeRoy Neiman
Home Run Blast
etching, intaglio with spit bite
2000
10-3/4 x 8 inches (image)
A photo of Leroy Neiman's etching "Home Run Blast." Artwork depicts a baseball player swinging the bat, black and white.
LeRoy Neiman
Home Run Blast, Casey at the Bat
etching, intaglio and book with 26 drawings
2000
10-3/4 x 8 inches (image)

Book illustrations illuminate the poem Casey At The bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. Printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy.  Book is bound in unbleached cowhide from Tennessee Tanning Co. the same leather used to cover major league baseballs.  Slip cased in blue linen w/ white leather trim.