This is an
Original Noel Rockmore from 1971
Titled: "Our
Pet"
It is a 14 X 11 PURE
Watercolor on paper and FRAMED nicely in a 17 x 21 inch Gold wood frame.
It is from the Shirley Marvin Collection and it is from her SketchBook
#23 - Titled: 1971 1st Book in Scrapbook series
It is the 13th page of
the Sketchbook and is titled, signed and dated NYC July 71 SB 13 (ScrapBook
Pg 13) by Rockmore.
The catalog Number within the
Shirley Marvin Collection given to
this work is 71.7.732
This work was purchased
directly from The Artist, Noel Rockmore, by Shirley Marvin and comes with a
letter of authenticity.
What
is the story about the Victorian series that Rockmore created?
The
Victorian or Scrapbook series (also known as the StoryBook series) was created
by Rockmore in the early 70s before he was commissioned by George Wein to go to
Paris. Several sketchbooks and
oils were created and Rockmore intended to complete more but lost interest upon
his return from Paris and the breakup of his relationship with Riva. Rockmore was
certainly influenced in the creation of cartoons by his father, Floyd
Davis, who was called the #1 Illustrator in America by Life Magazine in
1943. Floyd Davis was known for his playful caricatures and
cartoons in both magazine stories and advertisements. This work is interesting
because we see Rockmore working in the cartoon like illustration mode that his
father was famous for. Rockmore spent a lot of time and effort distancing
himself from the style of his parents especially with his words. This work
is interesting in that it also contains several of his
favorite themes which include small children posing for portraits which
his famous mother, Gladys Rockmore Davis, was known for. Soapine was a
detergent company at the turn of the century that was also known for the
Collectible Vintage Victorian Trading Cards that they gave away. It turns out
that Rockmore used several of the characters in the Victorian Soapine Trading
Cards throughout the Scrapbook Series. It's a classic Victorian Rockmore and
unlike many of his works, would hang easily anywhere without creating a lot of
tension just smiles.
Who was Noel Rockmore? See Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Rockmore
Noel Rockmore was an undiscovered American Master of the last half
of the 20thCentury who split his lifetime between New York and New Orleans. He was
recognized and had shows at The Whitney, MOMA, the Met& the Hirshhorn as Noel
Davis before he was 28. His parents, Floyd Davis & Gladys Rockmore
Davis, were two of the most recognized artist in America from the 1930s
through the 1940s. The Noel Rockmore Project (website - http://www.rockmore.org/)
has been working to bring this master artist to light for the past five years
after 1400 works of Noel Rockmore were discovered in Shirley Marvin's storage
in New Orleans after Katrina.
There is a nice 10 page Rockmore article in a major publication by John Ed
Bradley called The Tomb of Noel Rockmore http://gardenandgun.com/article/tomb-rockmore
and Rockmore was included in a Show in Marfa Texas last spring.
Rockmore had another show in Lagrange, GA that opened with
a three day bash on October 28-30, 2011. He was in a
2011 show at the Cahoon Museum, Ogden Museum
& NOMA in New Orleans. A book,
screenplay, documentary and movie are all in the near future. The time of
Rockmore’s discovery by the world is just starting to happen.
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