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DESCRIPTION: 30-foot high by 58-foot wide building-mounted ceramic, stone and glass mosaic of three vignettes depicting scenes from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra," "Romeo and Juliet," and "King Lear"
Millard Sheets referred to this mosaic of three scenes as "vignettes" rather than a triptych.1 It was unveiled and dedicated at a large community event on December 9, 1966.
Unknown title: There appears to be no specific data on this mosaic's intended title. Although many Sheets mosaics were given names/titles that may have been known when they were unveiled, the titles were not always recorded.
Adjacent to this mosaic on the building's east wing is a separate five-panel ceramic tile mosaic that was a private commission by the Sheets Studio in 1976. It memorializes Elizabeth Monroe Wood, art collector and patron of Scripps College and The Claremont Colleges. Titled "A Celebration of Joy in Memory of Elizabeth Monroe Wood," it depicts African, Indonesian, Mexican, Hopi, and Japanese dancers. -------------------1 Arenson, A. (2018). Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California. Austin: University of Texas Press.
Millard Sheets referred to this mosaic of three scenes as "vignettes" rather than a triptych.1 It was unveiled and dedicated at a large community event on December 9, 1966.
Unknown title: There appears to be no specific data on this mosaic's intended title. Although many Sheets mosaics were given names/titles that may have been known when they were unveiled, the titles were not always recorded.
Adjacent to this mosaic on the building's east wing is a separate five-panel ceramic tile mosaic that was a private commission by the Sheets Studio in 1976. It memorializes Elizabeth Monroe Wood, art collector and patron of Scripps College and The Claremont Colleges. Titled "A Celebration of Joy in Memory of Elizabeth Monroe Wood," it depicts African, Indonesian, Mexican, Hopi, and Japanese dancers. -------------------1 Arenson, A. (2018). Banking on Beauty: Millard Sheets and Midcentury Commercial Architecture in California. Austin: University of Texas Press.
LOCATION: façade of Garrison Theater, 241 E. Tenth Street, Claremont, California, USA
"Romeo and Juliet" vignette
"King Lear" vignette
"Antony and Cleopatra" vignette
Garrison Theater exterior
Memorial to Elizabeth Monroe Wood
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