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Philippine Girl With Rooster, 1942-1962
Millard Sheets (American, 1907 -1989); Philippines
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Philippine Girl with Rooster
Philippine Girl With Rooster, 1942-1962
Millard Sheets (American, 1907 -1989); Philippines
Wa…
Philippine Girl With Rooster, 1942-1962 Millard Sheets (American, 1907 -1989); Philippines Watercolor on paper; 11 × 4 in. 2018.6.38 Ann and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection

Philippine Girl with Rooster

ClassificationsPaintings-watercolors
Artist Millard Sheets (American, 1907 - 1989)
Date1942-1962
Made AtPhilippines, Asia
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions11 × 4 in. (27.9 × 10.2 cm)
Framed: 16 1/2 × 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 in. (41.9 × 24.4 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineAnn and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection
Object number2018.6.38
DescriptionMerritt “Muggs” Van Sant first met Millard Sheets in the Bradbury building where he was selling insurance and Sheets was painting the building’s iconic iron stairs. Muggs was fascinated by Millard’s talent, and Sheets was about as personable a type as one comes by. The pair became fast friends, travelling together to paint—a hobby first introduced to Muggs by Sheets. Between 1942 and 1962 Sheets sent Muggs Christmas cards and gifts in the form of paintings with personalized inscriptions. After Muggs’ passing, David Starry-Sheets, Millard Sheets organized the sale of the Muggs Van Sant Collection, and it was purchased by Ann Cullen. Paintings in this collection, such as Philippine Girl With Rooster, tend to be snapshots of Sheets’ travels abroad sent back home to his good friend Muggs. The vast majority of these paintings are portraits of young women from Mexico, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Islands painted while Sheets was serving as an arts ambassador for the U.S. State Department. This portrait of a Filipina fits the general theme of these paintings perfectly. A personalized inscription is likely written on the reverse but has yet to be seen.
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