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THBMillard Sheets (1907-1989), "Sonoma Coast with Pintos," 1981, Watercolor on paper, Image/Sheet 22" H x 29.625" W
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Millard Sheets
(1907-1989)
"Sonoma Coast with Pintos," 1981
Watercolor on paper, blindstamp Arches
Signed and dated lower right: Millard Sheets; signed and dated again, and also titled and numbered 27069, all in ink, on a section of brown paper backing paper reserved from prior framing
Image/Sheet: 22" H x 29.625" W
Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, NY
Stary - Sheets Fine Art Galleries, Irvine, CA
The Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Childs, by descent
Other Notes: Kenneth Childs was the President of Home Savings and Loan n a Southern California Institution whose branches were designed by Millard Sheets Studio and adorned with rich mosaics. Childs and Sheets became close friends, often traveling and vacationing together. So close was their friendship that Millard Sheets spoke at Kenneth Childsi funeral and the two families continued to stay in contact.
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Howard Ahmanson Sr., the owner of Home Savings bank, wrote to Sheets in 1952 saying: iHave traveled Wilshire Boulevard for twenty-five years. Know name of architect and year every building was built. BoredO Need buildings designed? I want buildings that will be exciting seventy-five years from now.i Sheets designed 120 Home Savings bank buildings in total n many of which are still standing and often admired.
This watercolor represents a rare opportunity to acquire a work with provenance so closely tied to Sheetsi legacy.
This lot is sold together with a copy of an "on loan only" document dated 9-21-90, and the subsequent invoice dated 12-5-90, both issued by Stary - Sheets Fine Art Galleries, Irvine CA.Condition
Overall very good condition, the full sheet with deckled edges, and the colors fresh. A few tiny artist pinholes at the tip of each of the sheet corners. Very slight remains of old tape residue along the center of both the left and right sheet edges, verso. The sheet is loose, secured to the back mat with archival paper corners.
Framed under glass: 13" H 37.75" W x 1" D - Shipping Info
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