LeRoy Neiman (American, 1921-2012) original oil on board painting titled "The Pump Room at Ambassador East," 1958, signed lower right and labeled on the verso.

This painting appears on page 59 of the December 1958 edition of Playboy magazine, (in the magazine it is overlayed on top of a Pump Room menu), as the first illustration for the "Man at His Leisure," series, in which LeRoy Neiman illustrated various locales all over the world over a fifteen year period for Playboy magazine.  The article states, "On the facing page, LeRoy Neiman captures the feel (and part of the menu) of the Pump Room, this being the first place (for a PLAYBOY series on the urban man's world) where Neiman "at his leisure," dined, drank -- and sketched on the bill of fare."

Sight: 36.5 x 23.5 inches; 40 x 27.5 inches

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