Provenance

Paul Mellon

Mellon, Paul
Mellon, Paul Estate of

American, 1907 - 1999

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Auguste Renoir, The Young Soldier, c. 1880, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.46

The Young Soldier

Auguste Renoir · c. 1880 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2014.18.46

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Woman Rubbing Her Back with a Sponge, Torso

Edgar Degas · original modeled 1880s/1890s, plaster cast by 1917 · plaster of Paris, pigments, on wooden base ·  Accession ID  1999.79.43

Edgar Degas, Racehorses (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey"), c. 1881, charcoal on light brown paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1999.79.9

Racehorses (study for "Scene from the Steeplechase: The Fallen Jockey")

Edgar Degas · c. 1881 · charcoal on light brown paper ·  Accession ID  1999.79.9

Georges Seurat, The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy, c. 1883, oil on wood, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2014.18.51

The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy

Georges Seurat · c. 1883 · oil on wood ·  Accession ID  2014.18.51

A tomato-red, oval floating in a field of blue-violet nearly fills this horizontal abstract painting. A thin, vertical, gently waving line and a black dot float near the red oval, near the upper right corner of the canvas. The red oval is wider at our right side, like an egg. The oval, wavy line, and the dot are all outlined in white. The blue-violet background is painted with short, visible strokes, giving it a mottled look.
Joan Miró, Flight of the Dragonfly in Front of the Sun, 1968, oil on canvas, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.23

Flight of the Dragonfly in Front of the Sun

Joan Miró · 1968 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1983.1.23

Paul Klee, Rote Säulen vorbeiziehend (Passing By Red Pillars), 1928, palette knife with color gesso, watercolor, stamped gouache, and casein on paper, on artist's original mount, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 2006.128.23

Rote Säulen vorbeiziehend (Passing By Red Pillars)

Paul Klee · 1928 · palette knife with color gesso, watercolor, stamped gouache, and casein on paper, on artist's original mount ·  Accession ID  2006.128.23

George Bellows, Elsie, Emma and Marjorie, second stone, 1921, lithograph in black, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.86

Elsie, Emma and Marjorie, second stone

George Bellows · 1921 · lithograph in black ·  Accession ID  1983.1.86

George Catlin, War Dance of the Saukies, 1861/1869, oil on card mounted on paperboard, Paul Mellon Collection, 1965.16.143

War Dance of the Saukies

George Catlin · 1861/1869 · oil on card mounted on paperboard ·  Accession ID  1965.16.143

Théodore Chassériau, Victor-Auguste de Saint-Rémy, c. 1850, graphite heightened with white chalk on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1995.47.28

Victor-Auguste de Saint-Rémy

Théodore Chassériau · c. 1850 · graphite heightened with white chalk on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1995.47.28

William James Bennett, Niagara Falls from the American Side, published 1840, hand-colored aquatint with touches of engraving, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.127

Niagara Falls from the American Side

William James Bennett · published 1840 · hand-colored aquatint with touches of engraving ·  Accession ID  1985.64.127

Bibliography

1983

  • Richard, Paul. "Mellon Gives 93 Art Works." The Washington Post. 28 January 1983: D1, D8.

1985

  • Kastor, Elisabeth. "The Glitter and Glow of Paul Mellon's Goodbye." The Washington Post. 4 May 1985: D1+

  • Richard, Paul. "Paul Mellon, Reveries & Riches." The Washington Post. 2 May 1985: B1+

1989

  • Allis, Sam. "The Fine Art of Giving." Time 18 September 1989: 86-87

1992

  • Mellon, Paul, and John Baskett. Reflections in a Silver Spoon: A Memoir. New York, 1992.

1999

  • Barnes, Bart. "Philanthropist Paul Mellon Dies," The Washington Post, 2 February 1999:A1+