Mr. Paul Mellon
American, 11 June 1907 - 1 February 1999Biography
Former owner of the following :
- Manet, Edouard
- Tama, the Japanese Dog, c. 1875, oil on canvas, 1995.47.12
- The Balloon, 1862, lithograph in black on laid paper, 1995.47.77
- The Railway Restaurant, c. 1879, pen and brown ink on buff cardboard, 2006.128.25
- Two Apples, 1880, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, 1985.64.102
- Manzù, Giacomo
- Dead Bird, 1962, bronze, 1983.1.67
- Dormouse, 1962, bronze, 1983.1.68
- Hedgehog, 1962, bronze, 1983.1.69
- Model Undressing II, 1965, bronze, 1983.1.65
- Mother and Child, 1956, bronze, 1983.1.66
- Owl and Mouse, 1962, bronze, 1983.1.70
- Sheaves of Wheat, 1960, bronze, 1983.1.63
- Vine Branches, 1960, bronze, 1983.1.64
- Marini, Marino
- The Concept of the Rider (L'Idea del Cavaliere), 1952-1954, bronze, 1985.64.68
- Marshall, Benjamin
- J.G. Shaddick, the Celebrated Sportsman, 1806, oil on canvas, 1999.79.24
- Martin, John
- Gleaners in the Wheat Field, 1847, watercolor with gouache on wove paper, 1986.72.11
- Mathey, Paul
- Edgar Degas, 1882, graphite on paperboard, 1995.47.57
- Matisse, Henri
- Pianist and Checker Players, 1924, oil on canvas, 1985.64.25
- Postcard with a sketch of "The Painter's Family", 1911, pen and brown ink on a postcard, 1995.47.59
- Self-Portrait, 1937, charcoal on wove paper, 1985.64.104
- Still Life with Sleeping Woman, 1940, oil on canvas, 1985.64.26
- The Plumed Hat, 1919, graphite on wove paper, 1995.47.58
- Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest
- Horseman in a Storm, model c. 1878, cast after 1894, bronze, 1980.44.10
- Mêne, Pierre-Jules
- A Family of Foxes, model 1847, bronze, 1999.79.16
- A Fox Holding a Dead Rooster, date to be determined, wax, 1999.79.17
- A Saddled Racehorse, model c. 1860s, bronze, 1999.79.26
- Pointer, model c. 1860s, bronze, 1999.79.25
- Setter (setting right), model c. 1840/1845, bronze, 1999.79.27
- The Fox, model c. 1845, bronze, 1999.79.35
- Whippet, model c. 1848, silver plated copper alloy, 1999.79.18
- Whippet, model c. 1848, silver plated copper alloy, 1999.79.44
- Mignon, Abraham
- A Hanging Bouquet of Flowers, probably 1665/1670, oil on panel, 1992.51.5
- Miró, Joan
- The Flight of the Dragonfly before the Sun, 1968, oil on canvas, 1983.1.23
- Monet, Claude
- Cliffs at Pourville, 1882, oil on canvas, 1985.64.27
- Interior, after Dinner, 1868/1869, oil on canvas, 1983.1.26
- The Bridge at Argenteuil, 1874, oil on canvas, 1983.1.24
- The Cradle - Camille with the Artist's Son Jean, 1867, oil on canvas, 1983.1.25
- The Luncheon on the Grass, c. 1865, black chalk on blue laid paper, 1995.47.60
- Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk, 1904, oil on canvas, 1983.1.27
- Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset, 1904, oil on canvas, 1983.1.28
- Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, 1875, oil on canvas, 1983.1.29
- Moore, Henry
- Stone Memorial, 1961/1969, roman travertine, 1983.1.71
- Morandi, Giorgio
- Landscape (Chiesanuova), 1924, etching in black on laid paper, 2006.128.26
- Still Life, 1942, etching in black on laid paper, 1995.47.82
- Still Life, 1946, etching in black on laid paper, 1995.47.83
- Still Life, 1948, oil on canvas, 2006.128.27
- Still Life, 1962, oil on canvas, 2006.128.30
- Still Life, c. 1949, oil on canvas, 2006.128.28
- Still Life, c. 1943, oil on canvas, 2006.128.29
- Still Life with Pears and Grapes, 1927, etching in black on wove paper, 1995.47.81