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''High Mountain Country, Hawaii'', signed in pencil lower right: Millard Sheets, titled verso, watercolor on paper under Plexiglas, paper size: 22'' H x 30'' W, est: $6000/8000. Note: Millard Sheets was a personal friend of Gerald and Georgia, and while the Brommers did not acquire the present work directly from the artist, Gerald juried with him in a number of art shows and the two artists mutually admired the other's work. Like Brommer, Sheets was an avid world traveller and made multiple trips to Hawaii to produce works including the present modernist watercolor. The painting retains the original artist frame.

watercolor on paper under Plexiglas
paper size: 22'' H x 30'' W

  • Provenance: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; The Ralph Hulett Collection, Los Angeles, CA; Challis Galleries, Laguna Beach, CA, acquired from the above; Collection of Gerald and Georgia Brommer, Studio City, CA, acquired from the above, 1975
  • Notes: Millard Sheets was a personal friend of Gerald and Georgia, and while the Brommers did not acquire the present work directly from the artist, Gerald juried with him in a number of art shows and the two artists mutually admired the other's work. Like Brommer, Sheets was an avid world traveller and made multiple trips to Hawaii to produce works including the present modernist watercolor. The painting retains the original artist frame
  • Condition: Visual: Generally good condition. The paper loose, not mounted.

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