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Millard Sheets
Nude Girl, Polynesian Girl Tahiti, Annabella

1947

About the Item

In some instances, a painting will look significantly much better in person than it does digitize. This is one instance. In-person, this painting will knock your socks off. It is stunning and you can look at it forever Among another things, Millard Sheets is a brilliant colorist. The flesh tones he has achieved in this exotic nude are drop-dead gorgeous to look at. Additional, this is a very large painting complemented by an elegant period frame. Finally, it has been widely exhibited. Signed and dated center-right. Framed dimensions: 49 x 63 Provenance: "Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, California; Stary-Sheets Gallery, Gualala, California; Private collection, Northern California." Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Painting in The United States 1947," October 9-December 7, 1947; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Californian, "County Museum Annual Exhibition, Artists of Los Angeles and Vicinity," 1948; Tweed Gallery, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota, ''Sheets Retrospective,'' 1952; Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, "Festival of Arts, Art Exhibition," 1968; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, "17th Annual Exhibition-Society of Western Artists," October 24-November 25, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California, "3rd Annual Exhibition of Painting," December 1, 1948-January 16, 1949; The Irvine Museum, Irvine, California, September 13-November 12, 1994. Condition is very good - "Faint frame wear, visible along the left edge. Minor hairline craquelure. A few flecks of loss along the upper edge of the center right mask, approx. 1 1/2 inch area. Uneven varnish."
  • Creator:
    Millard Sheets (1907 - 1989, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1947
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 51 in (129.54 cm)Width: 38 in (96.52 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    "Faint frame wear, visible along the left edge. Minor hairline craquelure. A few flecks of loss along the upper edge of the center-right mask, approx. 1 1/2 inch area. Uneven varnish." Overall presents very very well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385310274762

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