National Gallery of Art · Painting
Andrew W. Mellon
Gari Melchers
- Date
- 1930
- 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.)
- Classification
- Painting
- Accession number
- 1953.11.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Donald D. Shepard
- Time span
- 1926 to 1950
- Department
- CAB
Subjects and terms
- painted surface
- American
- male
- portrait
- intentionally not assigned
- Mellon, Andrew W.
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).
Inscription
upper left: Gari Melchers / Washington. 1930
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