Millard Sheets
(1907-1989)
Theatrical scene from "Salome"
Watercolor on heavy wove paper
Signed lower right: Millard Sheets; titled by repute
Image/Sheet: 16.5" H x 20.375-20.5" W
Provenance: 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: Have traveled Wilshire Boulevard for twenty-five years. Know name of architect and year every building was built. Bored... Need buildings designed? I want buildings that will be exciting seventy-five years from now. 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 Sheets' legacy.

Overall good condition. The sheet trimmed slightly unevenly along the left edge. Hinged to the backmat at the verso of the upper sheet edge.

Framed under glass 23.5" H x 27" W x 1" D