Late Playboy Artist's Final Four Hotel des Artistes Units Hit Market

LeRoy Neiman once controlled nine apartments at the storied West 67th Street co-op; the last four are now listed, closing out a decades-long occupation of one of Manhattan's most painterly addresses.

LeRoy Neiman, the artist best known for his Playboy illustrations and bold sports portraits, died in 2012.
At his peak, Neiman held nine apartments at the Hotel des Artistes co-op at 1 West 67th Street.
His estate has steadily sold down the holdings; the remaining four units are now on the market.
The Hotel des Artistes, built in 1917, counts Noël Coward and Norman Rockwell among its former residents.
Combined asking prices for the four units were not disclosed in public listing records at time of filing.

The estate of LeRoy Neiman has listed the final four apartments from what was once a nine-unit foothold at the Hotel des Artistes co-op, 1 West 67th Street, Manhattan, according to listing records reviewed by Curbed.

Neiman, who died in June 2012 at 91, built his reputation on the Playboy illustrations and frenetic sports portraiture that made him one of the most reproduced American artists of the late twentieth century. He also, apparently, accumulated real estate the way some collectors accumulate brushes.

At his largest, Neiman controlled nine apartments in the building — a 1917 co-op with double-height studio spaces originally designed for working artists, and a address book that has included Noël Coward, Rudolph Valentino, and Norman Rockwell.

The estate has been selling down the holdings in tranches since his death. The four remaining units represent the last of that inventory. Specific asking prices per unit had not been disclosed in publicly available listing records at the time this item was filed.

The Hotel des Artistes is landmarked. Its ground-floor restaurant space, once home to the Café des Artistes and its Howard Chandler Christy murals of nude nymphs, has changed hands more than once since 2009.

Nine apartments. One man. One building. The murals stayed.