Black and brown ink with watercolor gouache on paper, 1967, signed, dated, and inscribed to lower right, matted and framed under glass. This drawing depicts Ernie Ladd and Joe Namath during a football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets on December 10, 1967.

Sheet sight 16 3/4 x 12 in.; Frame dimensions 23 1/4 x 18 5/8 in.

Private Collection, South Carolina

Known for his energetic, colorful paintings and serigraphs of famous sports stars, LeRoy Neiman became one of the twentieth century's most successful illustrators. He was a regular at sporting events, usually carrying his sketchpad and working from life to capture the movement and vibrancy of his subjects.

Neiman was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. In 2000, a major book on his serigraphs, The Prints of LeRoy Neiman, 1991-2000, was published by Knoedler Publishing of New York. In 1995, he donated $6 million to Columbia University's School of the Arts to endow the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. Neiman's memoir, All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies and Provocateurs, was published in June 2012.

Here, Neiman captures a moment from a regular season NFL game held on December 10th, 1967, between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets, in which defensive tackle Ernie Ladd helps the quarterback Joe Namath to his feet.

Toning and mat burn to sheet, not examined outside the frame.