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| Manuel Neri Figure 1957 tempera on paper Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University |
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| Manuel Neri Torso Studies 1963 mixed media on paper Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Manuel Neri Carla V 1964 painted plaster Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas |
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| Manuel Neri Figures 1967 lithograph Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Manuel Neri Busto de Mujer no. 1 ca. 1969 painted plaster and wood Denver Art Museum |
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| Manuel Neri Manuel y Mary Julia no. 4 1977 charcoal on paper Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Manuel Neri Seated Figure Study no. 15 1981 mixed media on paper Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas |
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| Manuel Neri Untitled 1981 painted bronze Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC |
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| Manuel Neri Penance no. 3 1982 painted bronze Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC |
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| Manuel Neri Amante 1983 painted bronze (maquette) Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Carrara no. 7 1984 watercolor on paper San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Escalieta no. 5 1988 painted marble San Diego Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Kneeling Figure 1991 painted bronze San Jose Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Figure with Legs Crossed 1991 painted bronze Denver Art Museum |
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| Manuel Neri Amante: no. 2 2009 watercolor and charcoal on paper Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Amante: no. 14 2009 watercolor and charcoal on paper Phillips Collection, Washington DC |
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| Manuel Neri Amante: Study IX 2009 watercolor and charcoal on paper Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Manuel Neri Amante: Study X 2009 watercolor and charcoal on paper Dallas Museum of Art |
Alessio and the Zinnias
One summer – was he eight? –
They gave him a seed packet
Along with a 2' by 4'
Slice of the estate.
To grow, to grow, grim law
Without appeal!
He, after all, kept growing every day . . .
Now this redundant chore.
Now this redundant chore.
Up sprouted green enough
For the whole canton, had one known to thin it.
Michaelmas found him eye to eye
With a gang of ruffians
Not askable indoors,
Whose gaudy, rigid attitudes
("Like pine cones in drag")
There was scant question of endorsing
– Much as our droll friend, their legatee,
Would reap from them over the years. For instance:
Think twice before causing
Just anything to be.
Then: Hold your head high in the stinking
Throngs of kind.
Joyously assimilate the Sun.
Never wear orange or pink.
– James Merrill (1995)