Monte Carlo Chase Leroy Neiman SIGNED renowned artist!

Monte Carlo Chase - LeRoy Neiman
Hard Cover Signed copy with articles verifying authenticity.

You are about to embark on a visual adventure that will bring you to the very brink of the south of France!

The week of the Grand Prix, a well known artist arrives at Monte Carlo in pursuit of a rogue art dealer who has made a fortune publishing bogus art prints and selling them to an eager public. The crafty scoundrel, aptly named Renard, usually travels in disguise and under many names, thus making him an especially slippery target. The vigilant artist, for his own reasons, intends to track Renard down and break his ruse.

The pursuit plays out in restaurants along the Cote d'Azur, in hotel lobbies and in the Salle Privee of the Casino Royale. In this world of wealth and artifice a special cunning and a refined sense of style are required by both villain and hero - the former to elude, the latter to capture. This delicate balance may be swayed by a mere rumor or other such gossip floating around. Seemingly half-obvious, the artist, ever fulfilling his role as society's mirror, takes great pleasure in studiously describing his chic surroundings. while with each roll of the dice, the stakes rise higher.

With brush - and pen - in hand, renowned artist LeRoy Neiman tells a tale of art world intrigue set in Monte Carlo, the glittering diamond-head of the French Riviera. While telling the story, Neiman's brilliant palette and candid prose reveal the true heart of Monte Carlo. Toasting this princely paradise of pleasure and privilege, pulchritude and power, fortune and Formula One, Neiman's cycle of paintings - with their unique array of color and splash - compliments the text and dazzles the eye.

With stylish savoir faire, Neiman has created a fitting contribution to both the detective fiction genre and to fine art itself. You won't want to put it down! This stated first printing SIGNED hardcover from 1988 is huge and would fit nicely on ANY coffee table!