Noel Rockmore

(American/New Orleans, 1928-1995)

Henry “Booker T” Glass, 1970

acrylic on masonite, signed and dated lower right, titled and dated en verso, 12 x 16 in., framed.

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Portrait of Billie and Dede Pierce, 1963

oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 38 x 50 in.

Provenance: Acquired from Larry Borenstein

Illustrated: Borenstein, Larry and Bill Russell, Preservation Hall Portraits, Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1968, not paginated.

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French Quarter Scene, May 1964

oil on masonite, signed, dated and inscribed “New Orleans” lower left, artist label en verso, 20 x 30 in., period frame.

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Portrait of Sammy Penn, 1963

oil on marbled paper, signed, dated “March ‘63” and inscribed “N.O.” on the mat, sheet 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., sight 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in., framed.

Illustrated: Borenstein, Larry and Bil Russell, “Preservation Hall Portraits,” Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1968, not paginated.

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"Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie," 1962

oil on panel, signed, dated “62” and sitter identified middle left, 12 x 12 in.

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"Portrait of Babe Stovall," 1964

oil on masonite, signed and dated “64 New Orleans” upper right, 18 x 24 in.

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“Preservation Hall Band,” 1978

silkscreen with gold leaf on paper, pencil-signed, dated and numbered 5/265, sheet 20 x 26 in., unframed.

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McGlade’s Bar Mural Panel No. 3, c. 1970s

oil, mixed media and 3-dimensional collage on masonite, 44 in. x 8 ft.

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Note: This is the third/right panel of the triptych that hung in McGlade’s Bar at 68th St. and Columbus Ave. in New York City. Some of the identifiable ABC news figures in this mural are Jimmy Breslin and Roger Grimsby.

McGlade’s Bar Mural Panel No. 2, c. 1970s

oil, mixed media and 3-dimensional collage on masonite, signed lower right, 44 in. x 8 ft.

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Note: This is the second/middle panel of the triptych that hung in McGlade’s Bar at 68th St. and Columbus Ave. in New York City. McGlade’s was considered the “living room” of the ABC news crew and was one of Rockmore’s favorite bars in NY. The mural depicts many long-time regulars of McGlade’s and employees of ABC news such as sports casting legend Howard Cosell. Rockmore includes a self-portrait of himself as a baby in the lower left. At the center is the bartender Al aka “The Bishop” and at the lower right is a special race horse that Al won a lot of money on.