October Rockmore Update from LA & GA

October Rockmore Update from LA & GA - Much to report!

Pres Hall Lecture at Old US Mint - Left to Right - Jena Napoli, Tee Marvin, Siobhan O'Quinn, Sacha Borenstien Clay, Claudia Kheel - Lecturer, Kelley Reid-Edmiston, Dodie Smith Simmons!

Rockmore & Tee at Pres Hall Exhibit at OLD US MINT

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Greetings!

On Friday October 5th, Rich & Tee & Shirley attended the LASM (Louisiana Arts & Science Museum) Golden Anniversary Gala for a fabulous evening of fun. What better way to start our return to Louisiana then with an event at the Museum that will celebrate Noel Rockmore and Shirley Marvin in the early Fall of 2013. The Museum was packed and we met so many new folks that are really excited to be a part of The Noel Rockmore Project.

Tee - LASM Curator Elizabeth Weinstein & Shirley at Museum Event

Two Rockmores at Pres Hall Exhibit

Pres Hall Exhibition

On Thursday October 11th from 6-7PM, Rich & Tee went to The Old US Mint (Louisiana State Museum) in New Orleans, to attend Rockmore supporter, Claudia Kheel's lecture on 'When Art & Music Met: The Legacy of Preservation Hall." Claudia gave a FANTASTIC lecture on the complex interplay between music and the visual arts in the works of Noel Rockmore, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Lee Friedlander and other artists associated with Preservation Hall. The lecture was illustrated by a slide show that featured Noel Rockmore paintings and had music of the time period playing as well. Afterwards we took a tour of the Exhibition featuring Classic Rockmores - this is a MUST SEE!

1 Tee & Lou We stopped by to visit Gypsy Lou Webb in Slidell, Louisiana. Lou was doing well although her coloring has changed and she is visiting the doctors on a regular basis. Special Thank You to Sandi Miller Schweitzer who had visited Lou and added some festive decorating that made her really happy. Jolie, Lou's faithful dog and companion is now immobile but feisty as ever just like Lou. Lou loves the letters and cards and it is probably a good time to visit as well for those of you that do that. Send your cards to Gypsy Lou Webb, 1050 Cousin Street Apt. A, Slidell, LA, 70458.

The BIG Rockmore NEWS last month was that a well known Phd in the Artworld has published an Article on Noel Rockmore as part of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities - KNOW LA Research Project. J. Richard Gruber Phd. is director emeritus of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and an independent curator, art historian, and writer of the article.

We are now in Georgia picking up recently purchased Rockmores to be delivered. Special Thanks to the folks at Tyson Foods who have purchased two Rockmores for their Corporate Collection and in doing so have provided the initial seed funding for the Golden Era of the French Quarter Foundation. While we are here in Georgia we will be offering you a chance to own some major Rockmore works on a first come basis through this Newsletter. See below for the Rules and details of the works available.

Rich & Tee & Shirley Marvin

The Noel Rockmore Project Team

www.Rockmore.org

Major works from the Shirley Marvin Collection

available through this Newsletter only!

The RULES

1) First person to commit to BUYING (not seeing) the work gets it no matter what!

2) Buyer pays shipping and insurance from LaGrange, GA or The Marvin's are happy to deliver to most East coast locations as their schedule permits.

3) Happy to preview a work in person if we are passing through your area but all request for this, extra condition pictures, and deals must be complete by Thursday October 25th.

4) $500 Discounts available - on purchases Totaling $3000 or more.

Call Rich's Cell 508-577-7059 or email Rightwaywrongway.com with questions or commitments.

1.5 64.1111 - Tall ship with rigging - SGM

$6000 - 1964 Tall ship with rigging - 40x24 Oil

This is part of the New Orleans shipyard series and the frame and matte are in mint condition.

$4500 1990 Egyptian Man - 40x40 Acrylic & Burlap - NOT FRAMED - Part of the Egyptian series, Rockmore felt he could travel in time to capture people of the day as a master artist would. The burlap canvas makes it feel like a real Egyptian work.

1.5 92.1303 - Orphan Annie over child with Immigrants - SGM

$6000 1992 Orphan Annie with Immigrants - 36 x 24 Mixed Media

Rockmore called this scary German children story character Orphan Annie and includes his Immigrant series on a black canvas with fluorescent poster paint. A black light special!

1.3 86.1235 - Little Orphan Annie & George Washington - SGM (2)

$3500 1986 Little Orphan Annie & George Washington - 22x18 Oil The German Story book character appears at a time when Rockmore was mixing Fantasy with Immigrants and Patriotism!

$4500 1969 Hippie Couple 24x18 Oil on Canvas Board set at front of 3 inch deep frame. This work is a CLASSIC of the Hippie Culture from 1969 in New Orleans. It almost looks like an American Gothic of the Hippie culture from the Master Artist who documented that time.

1.3 89.1263 - Alpine John with Nude - SGM

$4500 1989 Alpine John with Nude 30x40 Oil & Acrylic - NOT FRAMED -This is one of Rockmore's favorite characters Alpine John, the Bus Boy at his NOLA hangout, posing with an unknown Nude model. The most striking thing is the detail on Alpine John's face.

1.3 67.6.1122 Study for Octagonal of Artist Sister & Ma Cat - SGM

$3500 1967 Study for Octagonal of Artist Sister & Ma Cat 20x14 Mixed Media Collage

That is Rockmore's sister Deborah with Ma cat and San Francisco in the background - Rockmore Style. There is a small portrait from the table series within the painting as well.

$3500 1975 "Smoking Section" 5x7 Tempera

There are not many of these tempera works that exist and this one was used as the Invitation Cover for his 1975 Opening at the Forum Gallery in New York. This work comes with the original invitation as well.

$3000 1987 Tour de France 24 x30 Pastel This was at the time when the Tour de France was gaining popularity before Lance Armstrong. Rockmore was experimenting with an immigrant series where the people had blank word boxes, throw in some Rockmore characters, a bust background and voila!

1.3 85.1231 - Captains in Front of the Boat - SGM

$3000 1985 Captains in Front of the Boat 26x20 Mixed Media - An interesting Ship scene and upon closer inspection Rockmore uses a shower head to make the patterns in the background.

$3000 1990 Mardi Gras Memory 28x20x5 inches Mixed Media in Shadow Box A "Found Object" work. Rockmore is one of the few master artist who creates art with found objects after having success in other mediums. This is actually a Mardi Gras mask found on the street and adhered and painted into a 5 inch deep shadow box.

1.2 90.1274 Egyptian in Scaffolding - SGM

$2500 1990 Egyptian in Scaffolding 17x17 Mixed Media Rockmore combines two of his favorite series into one work, The Backstage Mardi Gras and The Egyptian series. The King Tut exhibition was all the rage in NOLA and Rockmore jumped right in and then uses a dazzling spray-paint technique to create an amazing work.

1.5 73.1364 Bill Russell Copper Plate Jaffes

$3000 1973 Bill Russell Copper Plate - 11x17 This is an amazing detailed copper plate that was used by Rockmore to pull just 20 prints.

1973 Bill Russell Print from Plate - Print is NOT FOR SALE - Just the Copper Plate - Be advised you are not allowed to sell any works that you might try and pull from the copper plate.

1.5 70.643 Bill Russell buries Pretty Baby Oil Study-SGM2

$2000 1970 Bill Russell buries Pretty Baby Oil Study - 11x14 - NOT FRAMED - This is a mixed media with acrylic on cardboard that is as detailed as any of Rockmores finest oils. It depicts the burial of his beloved bird with his daughter in the background.

$2000 1964 Mexican Women 20x12 Oil on Board This work is the result of one of Rockmore's trips to Mexico with Larry Borenstein. At the time he was experimenting with the "Feeple look" that he would incorporate into his Nocturnal Banquet series works. The original matte is in poor condition.

$2000 1963 Boy & Child 14x11 - Oil - This work is the result of one of Rockmore's trips to Mexico with Larry Borenstein. At the time he was experimenting with the psychedelic swirls that he would incorporate into his jazz series works. The original matte is in poor condition.

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