Oregon Landscape, 1976
by Millard Owen Sheets (1907–1989)Watercolor on paper
21½ x 29¼ inches (sight size)
Signed and dated lower right: Millard Sheets / 1976
21½ x 29¼ inches (sight size)
Signed and dated lower right: Millard Sheets / 1976
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York
Bruce Lueck, St. Paul, Minnesota, acquired from above, 1993
Private collection, Chicago, Illinois
Private collection, New York, New York
Exhibited
Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York, Works on Paper, November 20, 2008–February 7, 2009
Literature
Carol Lowrey and Lisa N. Peters, Works on Paper 2008 (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2008), 146, 147, no. 71.
Note: This painting highlights the artist’s expertise as a watercolorist. Millard Owen Sheets traveled extensively and used watercolors to capture the surrounding landscape through simplified forms and deep tones.