Andrew W. Mellon, 1930

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 140.3 x 104.5 cm (55 1/4 x 41 1/8 in.)

framed: 162.6 x 127 x 8.8 cm (64 x 50 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Donald D. Shepard

Accession Number

1953.11.1

Artists / Makers

Gari Melchers (painter) American, 1860 - 1932

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Inscription

upper left: Gari Melchers / Washington. 1930

Provenance

The sitter, Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; gift to his attorney, Donald D. Shepard [1893-1966], Washington, D.C.;[1] gift 1953 to NGA.

[1] Mr. Mellon lent the painting to three exhibitions in the early 1930s, so presumably gave the painting to Mr. Shepard after the exhibition in 1934 and before his death in 1937. Mr. Shepard also owned the oil sketch done for this painting by Melchers, given to him by Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce, who in turn had received it from her father. It measures 23 5/8" x 18" and is signed and dated in the upper left: Gari Melchers. / Washington. 1930 (per notes in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Mellon, Andrew W.
Shepard, Donald D.

Exhibition History

1932: Loan Exhibition of American Portraits by Contemporary American Artists, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1932, no. 48, repro.

1933: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gari Melchers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1933, no. 52.

1934: A Memorial Exhibition of the Work of Gari Melchers, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1934, no. 15.

Bibliography

1933: The Index of Twentieth Century Artists 1 (October 1933): 10.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 82, repro.

1979: Reid, Richard S. "Gari Melchers: An American Artist in Virginia." Virginia Cavalcade XXVIII (Spring 1979): 161.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 198, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 235, repro.