J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is introducing the LeRoy Neiman 2026 Collector\u2019s Edition cigars at the Premium Cigar Association trade show (April 18-20, 2026) in New Orleans. This is the fourth year that America\u2019s oldest family-owned premium cigar maker and the LeRoy Neiman and the Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation have collaborated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s edition features LeRoy\u2019s painting, \u2018The President\u2019s Birthday‘, which depicts Marilyn Monroe serenading President John F. Kennedy on his birthday at Madison Square Garden in 1962,\u201d said Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner of J.C. Newman. \u201cJackie Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson, among others, are also featured in the painting. We chose this patriotic image because this year is the 250th birthday of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018The President’s Birthday\u2019 is one of LeRoy’s most luminous works\u2014a painting that captures a singular, electric moment when art, celebrity, and American history converged in one room,\u201d said Tara Zabor, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Executive Director. \u201cLeRoy had an extraordinary gift for being present at the defining moments of our history and translating them onto canvas with an energy that made you feel like you were standing right there beside him. He was fiercely proud of being an American, and his body of work is essentially a chronicle of America at its most iconic\u2014its champions, its cultural giants, its greatest celebrations. His brushwork was a love letter to American life in all its vibrancy and spectacle. With this collaboration, we are honored to see ‚The President’s Birthday‘ take on new life and reach new audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeRoy Neiman Collector\u2019s Edition cigars are handcrafted at J.C. Newman\u2019s El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa, Florida. The 2026 edition is a 6.5\u201d x 56 Toro Grande rolled with a Havana Rosado wrapper, a Florida Sun Grown binder, and a blend of aged filler tobaccos from Latin America. This year\u2019s edition is limited to 15,000 cigars, packed in 750 cabinets of 20 cigars with a suggested retail price of $24 per cigar. J.C. Newman plans to ship these cigars at the beginning of June so that they will arrive in stores before July 4.<\/p>\n
Inside each cabinet is an authentic lithograph of \u201cThe President\u2019s Birthday.\u201d The image is also wrapped around each cigar. The bottom of each cabinet includes a surprise print of Neiman\u2019s paint-splattered New York City studio floor. All of the packaging was printed by Vrijdag Premium Printing in Holland.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have placed this lithograph inside our cigar cabinets to welcome aficionados into LeRoy’s cherished world,\u201d added Zabor. \u201cEvery time someone opens the cabinet, they’re getting not just a great cigar, but a piece of LeRoy’s legacy. It’s our way of honoring his life and sharing the joy that he put into every brushstroke.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each cigar will also have an official America250 foot band. \u201cJ.C. Newman is proud to roll official cigars of the 250th Anniversary of the United States,\u201d said Newman. \u201cCigars have been an important part of our country since its founding. Therefore, it is only fitting that we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country with American-made cigars.\u201d<\/p>\n
As in past years, J.C. Newman and the Foundation will donate all profits from this collaboration. Since the first edition in 2023, LeRoy Neiman Collector\u2019s Edition cigars have raised $117,000 to support arts education in Tampa\u2019s public schools, including those surrounding the El Reloj cigar factory.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery cigar from the LeRoy Neiman 2026 Collector\u2019s Edition directly supports our ongoing mission at the Foundation,\u201d noted Tara Zabor. \u201cThe profits help us improve arts education in local public schools, keeping LeRoy’s passion for nurturing creativity alive and thriving among the next generation of artists.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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