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Billie and Dede Pierce, Preservation Hall

Noel Rockmore1964

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, United States

From the Preservation Hall Portrait series. Pierce, Joseph La Croix ("Dede") - b. February 18, 1904, New Orleans. Pierce, Wilhelmina ("Billie"), piano; b. June 8, 1907, Marianna, Fla. When Billie Pierce was fifteen and living in Pensacola, Bessie Smith, "Empress of Blues," played a week's engagement at the local theater. Bessie's regular accompanist, Clarence Williams, took sick and Billie, who already had a local reputation, replaced him with notable distinction. The Bessie Smith influence on Billie's vocal style since the days of this early triumph is still evident.

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  • Title: Billie and Dede Pierce, Preservation Hall
  • Creator: Noel Rockmore
  • Date Created: 1964
  • Location Created: Louisiana
  • Physical Dimensions: 50" x 38"
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Gift of the Roger H. Ogden Collection
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Art Movement: Realism
  • Art Form: Oil painting
Ogden Museum of Southern Art

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