Mother and Child
ClassificationsDrawings-pencil or graphite
Artist
Millard Sheets
(American, 1907 - 1989)
Date1942
Made AtUnited States, North America
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Framed: 21 × 15 7/8 × 7/8 in. (53.3 × 40.3 × 2.2 cm)
Framed: 21 × 15 7/8 × 7/8 in. (53.3 × 40.3 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineAnn and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection
Object number2018.6.44
DescriptionAfter returning to Claremont in 1934, Sheets purchased horses. As a young ranch hand one of his earliest duties was to herd cattle from horseback, but this was his first time he had been in regular proximity to the animals since then. Owning horses awakened something in Sheets, and he began to include them in many of his artworks. Mother & Child is a pencil drawing that exemplifies the expressiveness we see in many of Millard Sheets’ depictions of horses. The mare and foal appear to be mid-exchange, almost as if the anthropomorphized creatures really were a child sharing a funny story he had made up with his mother.On View
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