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Lot 934
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Noel Rockmore (American/New Orleans, 1928-1995), "Sylvester Handy, bassist", oil on canvas, signed and dated "Mar. 10, '64" upper right, 58 in. x 34 1/8 in., framed.
- Notes: Note: Born into a family of musicians from rural Mississippi, Sylvester Handy followed his brother "Captain" John Handy to New Orleans to pursue his career in jazz. Playing string bass, Sylvester joined his brother's group "Captain John Handy's New Orleans All-Star Band", a group that included famed trumpet player Punch Miller. This handsome formal portrait of "Sylvester Handy" is part of Noel Rockmore's critically acclaimed "Preservation Hall Portraits." In 1962, Larry Borenstein commissioned Rockmore to create a series of paintings of the musicians who played nightly at the newly opened Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street in the French Quarter. According to Borenstein, who was delighted with Rockmore's perspective, "He seemed to plumb the very depths of the souls of the musicians - the pathos, the despair, the heroism, the iro y." Reference: Borenstein, Larry, and Bill Russell, Preservation Hall Portraits, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1968.
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September 12, 2010 11:00 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA, US
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