The Foo Fighters have released their "In the Clear" song from #2 Billboard Record

"Sonic Highways" which features all of the current Preservation Hall Rockmore paintings incorporated into the video - Not just background - they are an IMPORTANT PART OF THE VIDEO STORY. Rockmore imprinting on the next generation take a GIANT step!

They did this song on "Ellen DeGeneres" - let's hope it goes to the Top 5 like their last song!

Rockmore was seen by over 12 Million people on "60 Minutes" Sunday 10/26/2014 where he was the backdrop for the Anderson Cooper Segment on the Foo Fighters & Preservation Hall! Nice set up for when Noel Rockmore gets his own 60 Minutes feature! Hats off to Preservation Hall for generating the well deserved attention!

 

What an Adventure it has been in the last month as we returned all of the artwork all across the south from our two BIG shows in Louisiana! We then drove back to Cape Cod via Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, St. Louis & Columbus where we stopped to visit family, friends & collectors all along the way. We have been working really hard planning the next BIG thing for 2015!

 

We had a very Special visit in Albuquerque New Mexico with Artist Andrea Lannin - Rockmore's girlfriend from 1975-1978 in New York & New Orleans. Andrea is undergoing "successful therapy for two cancers" and is doing outstanding. Lots of love and healing we are all sending her way! L to R - 76 Andrea by Rockmore, 77 Andrea w Rockmore, 2008, 2014!





Gladys Rockmore Davis, Noel Rockmore's famous mother, is BACK in the Artworld with two Big $1800 sales at National Auctions - a Ballet work from Life and an Ad from Johnson & Johnson! Gladys was also recently featured in a flashback for the Dallas Museum of Art as well. In 1945 the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts was the 7th venue for the 150-painting traveling exhibition Portrait of America, sponsored by "Artists for Victory" and the Pepsi-Cola Company. The museum invited Dallasites (see B&W image) to vote for their favorite work in the exhibition. The winner of the vote was Gladys Rockmore Davis's Noel with Violin (right); she was awarded $100 by the manager of the local Pepsi-Cola Company bottling plant. 

Johnson & Johnson Ad




 
Noel Rockmore images a hit with Shia (Islam). We have noticed since the Noel Rockmore AP article of 2012 that the Middle East loves his images and will often put them in as supplement for their articles that are about art like this one with 9 Giant Rockmores. The Shia or the Shiites represent the second largest denomination of Islam. There are 1.62 billion Muslims around the world, and it is estimated that the Shia are 10-20% (160-320 Million people).

 

On another note, many of Noel Rockmore's friends and subjects are featured in this article

 "Jews in Jazz (Part 1)" in the recent Crescent City Jewish News. Rockmore had such close relationships with the people in the second half of the article that the case could easily be made that they were his extended New Orleans Jewish family. Although Rockmore and his mother were born Jewish, they rarely mentioned it because according to Jewish friend & composer, David Amram, "at the time, they just did not think it would be beneficial to their art careers." 

#1 AP Rockmore Image Pickup 

 

Right - Photographer and jazz historian

Al Rose, kneeling, with Sandra Jaffe, Bob Greene, Johnny Wiggs and

"Papa" John Joseph in front of Preservation Hall, July of 1964.

(Hogan Jazz Archive at Tulane University)
1980 Amram by Rockmore - Sandra Zahn-Oreck Coll.

We have GREAT news about Rockmore's friend Gypsy Lou Webb! Lou's family has arranged for her to be in a 1st Rate assisted living facility that also let her bring her dog, "Baby Girl." Louise was "a little feisty" at the transition stage but seems to be doing fine now and welcomes letters, cards & visitors. Mail to "Louise Webb," Azalea Estates, 354 Robert Blvd. Room 212, Slidell, LA, 70458. It is like a real life just in time "Holiday Miracle!" 





Our Holiday Wish for you in these troubled times is the gift of communication with others in all situations. If you can listen & communicate honestly with anyone you might differ with and do not rush to action or harsh words, you will lead by example and you just might work it out.

 

"Life is very short, and there's no time, For fussing and fighting, my friend, We can work it out. We can work it out!" - The Beatles

 

Shirley, Rich & Tee Marvin
The Golden Era of the French Quarter Team 

 

There is the eBay Auction of the 20 works below coming up this Thursday, December 11th at 9PM ET. Every single bid by anyone helps even if you don't come close - we still thank you!

 

 THESE MAJOR WORKS   linked here are for sale from the recent Shows. 50% off until 12/16!  1st come 1st served.

 
Rockmore's coming up on eBay THIS Thursday Dec. 11th - 9PM Eastern Time!
Click on any work to see the image and read a story about the work. 

1937.1421 Gladys Rockmore Davis - Resting Nude
Noel Rockmore's famous mom- 10.5x13.5 Pencil

Study for Life Magazine - Full Signature - RARE


1988.12.15.1252 Modern Egyptians on Artist Birthday - 9x9 Mixed Media Grid with Gold & Silver Paint

 

1978.1.31.1422 Jazz Band Silkscreen - Edition of 73 - 1st Trail Proof Overlay

22x26 -SGM - Signed & Dated

1980.1424 Leda and the Swan Etching 14-50 Aquatint state - SGM - 1st Rate

9x15 Inches etched onto 15x22 Paper

 


 

1960.4.29.171 Jazz Room New Orleans 9.5x13.5 Pen on Paper -SGM - Unsigned

1959.9.9.144 Lafayette Cemetary - 8.5x12 Pen on Paper - SGM - Unsigned

 

1959.8.8.132 Treme St Back Porch 13.5x9.5 Pen on Paper -SGM - Unsigned
1959.9.9.148 Ex Voto Objects St. Roch 12x8.5 Pen on Paper -SGM - Unsigned
1959.6.106 Toward the River from a Window on Decatur 13.5x9.5 - Unsigned

 

1968.1423 SIGNED Preservation Hall Portraits Book and Catalogs Book Bundle with 8 Catalogs
1979.871 Emperor Jones 7.5x10.5 Mixed Media - Jonestown Commission

 

1978.826 Dead Pregnant Mother Collage - 10x7.5
1979.901 Dusk - 18 of Nov 78 10x7.5 Pen
1954.3.1074 House of Dreams - Coney Island Side Show - 14x14

 

1960.1089 Sleep Study from Life

17x22 Pen on Paper - SGM

1960.175 Surgery 9x13 Pen on Paper - SGM - Unsigned - Rockmore attends actual surgery!

 

Three works - 1958.9.15.65 Detailed Wasp for Painting &
1958.67 Wasp Sketch & 1958.11.64 Early Labyrinth Sketch Signed Noel Davis Rockmore - then redone Rockmore.

Wasp was originally going to be included in Coney work.


1995.1420 End of Life 1995 Self Portrait - 13.5x11 Mixed - 1 of 2 known 1995 Signatures - RARE!

 

1954.3.1073 Flaying of the Tiger Study 11x12.5 Pen on Paper
1972.3.13.1425 Par Avion - Rockmore over Paris & The Eiffel Tower - 9.5x12 Pen on Envelope - SGM

 

$50 - The 5 Pack - Book & Catalog Package Below includes:






$50 - The 5 Pack - Book & catalog package includes the following:
2014 Our Journey to the Discovery of Rockmore Book - over 1000 Rockmore images & available on Amazon
2014 Rockmore Fall Catalog New Orleans/Lake Charles Exhibitions (200 Color images)
2013 LASM - "The Faith and the Fury" Baton Rouge, LA Catalog, 2013 (Rare Trifold- Color images - New)2013 Fall Cultural Vistas Cover & Story "The Art of Noel Rockmore" (14 Magazine Color Images ( New)
2011 LaGrange Art Museum Catalog "Creative Obscurity - The Genius of Noel Rockmore"  (80 Pages New).

You can also purchase each product above for $20 - just specify by name which ones.
The check should be made out to GEFQ and sent to 1624 S. Sandra Ave., Gonzales, LA, 70737.
We can bill you by PayPal or make other arrangements if you like. Rich Marvin

 
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