Leroy Neiman •Sketchbook•

May, 1981

I've always liked the Eiffel Tower as a subject. I once had an apartment-studio in the Passy section of Paris and, from my balcony, I had a splendid view of the tower. I sketched its skeletal structure in all kinds of weather, all seasons and all hours of the day and night. Last spring, while visiting a friend who lives near the Champ de Mars, I began to sketch the tower again. As I drew, I noticed a shapely French soleil worshiper enjoying the spring's first rays on a ninth-floor balcon--and, f...