Pr. Millard Sheets, Octavio Medellin

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Pricing & History
Pr. Millard Sheets, Octavio Medellin freestanding double-sided mosaic sculptures depicting owls and egrets perched in trees, ca. 1950 - 1954. Handcrafted Murano tiles with gold and platinum tiles with inset fused glass elements with oil-painted Bakelite contour armatures and encased in their original solid mahogany frames. Each 102"H x 36"W x 3.25"D.PROVENANCE:Mercantile Bank, Dallas, Texas.Private collection, Dallas, Texas.NOTE: These unique works were created as a collaboration between Millard Sheets and Octavio Medellin. Commissioned by former Dallas mayor R.L. Thornton, for his Mercantile Bank building in 1950, they were installed circa 1954. Having been fabricated in the California studio of Mr. Sheets, these dazzling forms utilized both traditional Italian tesserae as well as the latest in cast plastics technology. Sheets designed the compositions for these works, using only native Texas birds nestled in local flora. Approximately a total of ten similar fixtures were completed and installed originally (now only three complete works are known to be extant, including these two). Each structure was installed flush from at the floor to the drop ceiling in the bank's lobby and they were surrounded by interiors outfitted with lavish mid-century furnishings. Several of the other collaborative mosaic works located inside the Mercantile read more
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