Revisiting Bunny Mellon

<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This November, Sotheby’s will devote three separate auctions to the [Bunny] Mellon collection, encompassing some 2,000 items, including paintings by the likes of Picasso and Rothko and a rare pear-shaped blue diamond. But one of Mellon’s hallmarks was her love of objects both grand and humble. She collected what she found beautiful, and the Interiors auction, by far the largest of the three, includes such items as well-worn walking sticks, English horse engravings, and a vast array of ceramics, from hunt-themed punch bowls to antique tureens shaped like bundles of asparagus. As Mellon once said of her vision for Oak Spring: “Nothing should stand out. It all should give the feeling of calm. When you go away, you should remember only the peace.”</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://gardenandgun.com/article/beauty-oak-spring-farm" target="_blank">The Beauty of Oak Spring Farm</a>,</i> Garden and Gun (2014)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh8CvjcG-Q4z1n6LRzzo34j3so8f9HNd1_SrLe52HH-kF1NDvh737qgYfYNZTrxU7oqkhNuI3XNETKEQcgVN2P3vc8GDQl9Ruv_wwG0riy8VyUV0QDfd0Nawow2MqRCIJe1f1xKdkVGU/s1600/Bunny_Mellon__Foyer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUh8CvjcG-Q4z1n6LRzzo34j3so8f9HNd1_SrLe52HH-kF1NDvh737qgYfYNZTrxU7oqkhNuI3XNETKEQcgVN2P3vc8GDQl9Ruv_wwG0riy8VyUV0QDfd0Nawow2MqRCIJe1f1xKdkVGU/s1600/Bunny_Mellon__Foyer.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"The main house's entrance hall."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4c8HZW10DyI14FcTzMEFZshuZ11pUOkxRAAJ_xS9RAjnnjUwQcULmnf8VUOm6AJhyfykLbpTyuH-1F6AbVxF4h9XlrYdsFW-GECzPqOzHy0RnLL_BWfUUH_9PIJur3TjlqtNxIxKPoLY/s1600/433803b1453c5c5e666b43f296d95570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4c8HZW10DyI14FcTzMEFZshuZ11pUOkxRAAJ_xS9RAjnnjUwQcULmnf8VUOm6AJhyfykLbpTyuH-1F6AbVxF4h9XlrYdsFW-GECzPqOzHy0RnLL_BWfUUH_9PIJur3TjlqtNxIxKPoLY/s1600/433803b1453c5c5e666b43f296d95570.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A set of four tole peinte two-branch wall lights 20th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 271</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.271.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_X5H2Zo_lrGhzKYwJmi6rRi88aGPhG_9IgZEHvDsPLPHbdInJdnXr9CRua4GobjzebUT1ysA7AnQy_PjYB4uiU8DOi0_ZHc6JR8Q4WbdV33OEtxYAWhKxr8rA4IaW_60J4UyY7eZQYQ/s1600/a98e308981499930dd67d9a2776cd933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_X5H2Zo_lrGhzKYwJmi6rRi88aGPhG_9IgZEHvDsPLPHbdInJdnXr9CRua4GobjzebUT1ysA7AnQy_PjYB4uiU8DOi0_ZHc6JR8Q4WbdV33OEtxYAWhKxr8rA4IaW_60J4UyY7eZQYQ/s1600/a98e308981499930dd67d9a2776cd933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A carved elm figure of a reclining hound mid-19th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 282</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.282.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVxPz4-4DnjkU6x-ALbfBg5E7q2Uzf29nmHFTTVkhvJJSRHjiJ8hlyiIIipBcUVCSD1IolYby0JS3px4M2rx6ZlzjWHqWMY3_Y9vU2Zmd5wC8xkEmye3Qkj4mWKpJLEXoVGIqQogLnk/s1600/6353b83e4a51eed1d2da3c42f57b8c1e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YVxPz4-4DnjkU6x-ALbfBg5E7q2Uzf29nmHFTTVkhvJJSRHjiJ8hlyiIIipBcUVCSD1IolYby0JS3px4M2rx6ZlzjWHqWMY3_Y9vU2Zmd5wC8xkEmye3Qkj4mWKpJLEXoVGIqQogLnk/s1600/6353b83e4a51eed1d2da3c42f57b8c1e.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A group of nine walking sticks"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 500 — 700 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 269</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.269.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBG2lxOZcAZKpq4rsuA5dA56XufXc0z3AlkjJKFERjNqYPpxI2wQB5O5MMrc6wVGQT7SzR5T0C7j8-jQXPo-4EUGaidrfMxLs3uxQ6EC2eYx1o_vrivlYckW-dnuFJlKKM4Z9GCTghdSo/s1600/075e71bcc7b1666e4a79d31bed63e97c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBG2lxOZcAZKpq4rsuA5dA56XufXc0z3AlkjJKFERjNqYPpxI2wQB5O5MMrc6wVGQT7SzR5T0C7j8-jQXPo-4EUGaidrfMxLs3uxQ6EC2eYx1o_vrivlYckW-dnuFJlKKM4Z9GCTghdSo/s1600/075e71bcc7b1666e4a79d31bed63e97c.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Victorian white cold-painted cast-iron umbrella stand - second half 19th century" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 400 — 600 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 268</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.268.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IcebCjgCtCqyT4ZiVbU6km1cJLrEGZRlZsKWEHwGEiWPjZsaOePvnYEtmIX0rU5D_P7BTuTBCOcV6myWe-4hb1w3JpHxqzmg18hfVdYwT-7hwFaAtCWS4me_DGMt4EzDxIPtd8NwO4M/s1600/46f176afdcd4ef9b1d96662bd610a9fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IcebCjgCtCqyT4ZiVbU6km1cJLrEGZRlZsKWEHwGEiWPjZsaOePvnYEtmIX0rU5D_P7BTuTBCOcV6myWe-4hb1w3JpHxqzmg18hfVdYwT-7hwFaAtCWS4me_DGMt4EzDxIPtd8NwO4M/s1600/46f176afdcd4ef9b1d96662bd610a9fb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Regency White-painted and parcel-gilt caned chair-back settee circa 1810"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  6,000 — 8,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 272</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.272.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E64ZWY5B3hRAerIeb2bq7gUtfzWxJPf6SvMyHe-DCkwolOyv3iYFy-ujtBfenm3U9xXtB1dYZagL-PwN74frw0Ev0vfK84lXGj2zZZnRXvwICecH2-b60mM_NiqbdinfG2syyltzBP0/s1600/9247-Game-Room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E64ZWY5B3hRAerIeb2bq7gUtfzWxJPf6SvMyHe-DCkwolOyv3iYFy-ujtBfenm3U9xXtB1dYZagL-PwN74frw0Ev0vfK84lXGj2zZZnRXvwICecH2-b60mM_NiqbdinfG2syyltzBP0/s1600/9247-Game-Room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Two Louis XVI mahogany cellarettes in the game room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR_94jsmwYFCsI-ORY2EYXMsuxLfjh-V3pO43ywIDlyplO37gTeJg_uo3B66Pr_80RjxQUUSRn_tMe5TzWp6-TVLIYfScbkHNeiM-k1U89v1KDeS8asdywt1H4aVMTbGGScxK3SlQw7Y/s1600/669ac4ab6000fb21d0a959c5690a6553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR_94jsmwYFCsI-ORY2EYXMsuxLfjh-V3pO43ywIDlyplO37gTeJg_uo3B66Pr_80RjxQUUSRn_tMe5TzWp6-TVLIYfScbkHNeiM-k1U89v1KDeS8asdywt1H4aVMTbGGScxK3SlQw7Y/s1600/669ac4ab6000fb21d0a959c5690a6553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diego Giacometti</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1902 - 1985</span><br /><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Table Aux </span>Deux<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Oiseaux<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span>Blanc<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painted bronze </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19 by 32 by 32 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">48.6 by 81.3 by 81.3 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Conceived and cast in 1972.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (commissioned directly from the artist)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  150,000 — 200,000  </span>USD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 13</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.13.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4NRN7VYHPg3VDm7FBfiYGIxa3c4hMRwgQhDL2lBO9s_FVPN9x62kSoWS9fTI6MDe1Kq2oAC_OnBqeyeQnmywV3v8IoSUo-QwoaFyVCz588uy6EPf9r72UUauX31hfqz3K-pG8AT_rPU/s1600/755f0bb68672c58ce4bb1dbe96cde2e7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq4NRN7VYHPg3VDm7FBfiYGIxa3c4hMRwgQhDL2lBO9s_FVPN9x62kSoWS9fTI6MDe1Kq2oAC_OnBqeyeQnmywV3v8IoSUo-QwoaFyVCz588uy6EPf9r72UUauX31hfqz3K-pG8AT_rPU/s1600/755f0bb68672c58ce4bb1dbe96cde2e7.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of Victorian slipper chairs second half 19th century"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 400 — 600 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 316</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.316.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDN3FpZIXBX2iCRrwJZoV69VrWR5uizDorrnrzzx6hfFALGu3pBB5OSZBjb936DJDQVdZFTbC_3d3oKL2pas4JT4g4nb3ZGB68MoN4Iv9VqUWyU2WAqAXSQhhQZ-hYVGpNfQ22ZZ5y4s/s1600/Bunny_Mellon_Library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDN3FpZIXBX2iCRrwJZoV69VrWR5uizDorrnrzzx6hfFALGu3pBB5OSZBjb936DJDQVdZFTbC_3d3oKL2pas4JT4g4nb3ZGB68MoN4Iv9VqUWyU2WAqAXSQhhQZ-hYVGpNfQ22ZZ5y4s/s1600/Bunny_Mellon_Library.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A game room."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFop1ZCGTYPGu-XmkSaiXrDyAn4MpNPgcBbHIYp6wrSfP42eN5YkOVxV3kJ7LHO5OF82wABj-dkt71Idv6nyPghxGWaEk8vC0EcGMdVQYSH2dpxmZObzUOD64o2zqkroDznfKHrwctkwU/s1600/8d605560f336d9dc27b7dec5f17323a5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFop1ZCGTYPGu-XmkSaiXrDyAn4MpNPgcBbHIYp6wrSfP42eN5YkOVxV3kJ7LHO5OF82wABj-dkt71Idv6nyPghxGWaEk8vC0EcGMdVQYSH2dpxmZObzUOD64o2zqkroDznfKHrwctkwU/s1600/8d605560f336d9dc27b7dec5f17323a5.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A pair of George III gold-painted armchairs circa 1790"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 317</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.317.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ_cW2W99pef3e1Am1KWQcAQGWXslw9s9pI2fjkbM7LNj7VPHFtGICkJqswPb1hIy7q6stbhQtFAoEwnvLOD26F4yliZLTd6SDeiD_Yp4dtCWnptmH0CvcFBy-wtAXspyntBznKoIAJA/s1600/b0bb4e55ccd88072fc546f674331ae53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZ_cW2W99pef3e1Am1KWQcAQGWXslw9s9pI2fjkbM7LNj7VPHFtGICkJqswPb1hIy7q6stbhQtFAoEwnvLOD26F4yliZLTd6SDeiD_Yp4dtCWnptmH0CvcFBy-wtAXspyntBznKoIAJA/s1600/b0bb4e55ccd88072fc546f674331ae53.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rare Meissen 'Sea Life' Chess Set"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa 1924-34</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Designed by Max Esser, comprising: thirty-two chess pieces modelled as sea creatures and a matching chess board molded on two sides with waves and sea foam and on the other two sides with octapuses, crossed swords and dot marks in underglaze-blue, incised A. 1082 and 1083 and various incised numerals. 33 pieces."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Width of board 20 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">51 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 10,000 — 15,000  </span>USD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 319</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.319.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg4aCW6fL3611GmZ-kxukYC_zbK0Lwv2S08KPoZJzvDzTNoE83JCe8Pt1GeQcIBWrcCNVPy0kqAunE9jQLeZVjQPDf1HJnN1hlL7cmkgCevofYDE5xwYpRr0HhtgLj-zQlDhFF2ieq9Q/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-10-living-room+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCg4aCW6fL3611GmZ-kxukYC_zbK0Lwv2S08KPoZJzvDzTNoE83JCe8Pt1GeQcIBWrcCNVPy0kqAunE9jQLeZVjQPDf1HJnN1hlL7cmkgCevofYDE5xwYpRr0HhtgLj-zQlDhFF2ieq9Q/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-10-living-room+(1).jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Above a small desk in a corner of the living room, a modest 20th-century gilt wall clock presides over two American masterworks: one a Theodore Robinson, Nantucket Pump, and the other a grand Diebenkorn gouache. The warm tones of fruitwood and maple, a basket holding one of Bunny Mellon’s signature topiaries, and a child’s chair complete the ensemble."</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item9_10" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6o4PrznyxYcwFAD6lCb3SxMLktmWunKhDsLR9qzfBhBiqO4mnb_LHwH0jTTvMR3sOxojP3ZOXQg4t3Jy4LWYhG2nHicxsujIjeYqE9QBrbqo5HCneJW0yotPd35p1oUkFpMAEL6u7HM/s1600/3c58772c2c481149ae7234295291a486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6o4PrznyxYcwFAD6lCb3SxMLktmWunKhDsLR9qzfBhBiqO4mnb_LHwH0jTTvMR3sOxojP3ZOXQg4t3Jy4LWYhG2nHicxsujIjeYqE9QBrbqo5HCneJW0yotPd35p1oUkFpMAEL6u7HM/s1600/3c58772c2c481149ae7234295291a486.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Diebenkorn</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1922 - 1993</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Untitled</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signed with initials and dated 74</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gouache, graphite, ink wash and charcoal on joined paper</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17 by 11 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">43.2 by 27.9 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Executed in 1974,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 24</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.24.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi-wLjV02xar1hqMLRxs7PFbFezFOOXmTqYSA2xGP0SIVekcOSyYqJviEIgCNQ-so4Fr5D6R4NIFJwekhuY6BF6Jg58h4xEN00YOTLg4Sge4Rn2g5NekdtmU_UWQcFQMat4FK8Lm3LwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi-wLjV02xar1hqMLRxs7PFbFezFOOXmTqYSA2xGP0SIVekcOSyYqJviEIgCNQ-so4Fr5D6R4NIFJwekhuY6BF6Jg58h4xEN00YOTLg4Sge4Rn2g5NekdtmU_UWQcFQMat4FK8Lm3LwY/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-06-manhattan-residence-dining-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Édouard Manet’s circa-1879 George Moore in the Artist’s Garden overlooks the dining room, created by [John] Fowler and his assistant, Imogen Taylor, in 1966; Leonard crosshatched the walls with lapis lazuli–blue paint, Bunny Mellon conceived the tablecloth’s embroidered tree, and Fowler designed the carpet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunny and Paul Mellon’s Manhattan residence, a 1966 French Provincial–style townhouse by architect H. Page Cross, which was decorated with Paul Leonard, William Strom, John Fowler, Bruce Budd, and others.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_4" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ToP2j4gJ6wfBgwspNQHc9Nw571HhxJbOXSGSyqzo1iM46gGT-gBzwWvUWnKDcXcvwqrkIOvMle48WtFpHty-Q0ANduT0YAVmS7V3isSziCeS0piXBb7CRPbSqfaJLi9S4mwjqLw7v0/s1600/681db2b0b54d7fa768cd8f9f3f6c61ac.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7ToP2j4gJ6wfBgwspNQHc9Nw571HhxJbOXSGSyqzo1iM46gGT-gBzwWvUWnKDcXcvwqrkIOvMle48WtFpHty-Q0ANduT0YAVmS7V3isSziCeS0piXBb7CRPbSqfaJLi9S4mwjqLw7v0/s1600/681db2b0b54d7fa768cd8f9f3f6c61ac.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An assorted group of embroidered table linens"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 600 — 800 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 644</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.644.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wgKwRJBBqjypyoRrNAN57T2czaCzLLl1YJf0pv6zWD0nABW_sGjFEQbIKPWfkyqeHe2ThGb1LWXbVsHitt1EkD6VRBU4EuOlyeaSJy-_IBpoSy4xw4x1xSMLSmThPKsUCvFnzmCn5Qg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wgKwRJBBqjypyoRrNAN57T2czaCzLLl1YJf0pv6zWD0nABW_sGjFEQbIKPWfkyqeHe2ThGb1LWXbVsHitt1EkD6VRBU4EuOlyeaSJy-_IBpoSy4xw4x1xSMLSmThPKsUCvFnzmCn5Qg/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-05-manhattan-residence-living-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the home’s pink living room, John Singer Sargent’s 1882 <i>Miss Beatrice Townsend </i>hangs above the mantel, which displays a Jean Schlumberger jeweled tree."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bunny and Paul Mellon’s Manhattan residence, a 1966 French Provincial–style townhouse by architect H. Page Cross, which was decorated with Paul Leonard, William Strom, John Fowler, Bruce Budd, and others.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_3" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCrQQ7cwqKEdj-H4lfYpGYnRmWUhR5rHEXgbQfNI-cyA0HNtTy9JzNiZAx9HOon0tUCWzktJ1sh2TcGm_JX7n9KmOiuSIucaHrAj_zpGn5sasZAbVANINtCFA7mynuFjqCft94DuzZAM/s1600/4dc7b4ae8445824a08c027a200d911b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCrQQ7cwqKEdj-H4lfYpGYnRmWUhR5rHEXgbQfNI-cyA0HNtTy9JzNiZAx9HOon0tUCWzktJ1sh2TcGm_JX7n9KmOiuSIucaHrAj_zpGn5sasZAbVANINtCFA7mynuFjqCft94DuzZAM/s1600/4dc7b4ae8445824a08c027a200d911b3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A painted lead sail boat-form weathervane"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 1,000 — 1,500  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 343</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.343.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRR5_i6S3iFEwY4llzItrtRpk4wEKlGTTKXJrbXa-dsvttAWlSbtsrE4AUK8yUbytPH32uJPmL2ewPOO3x_n3TwPh9l0VzvwJyEk9854VJq57a1ubNWNuwCc3EtgObLCTUGavJUzSTyQ/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-18-study.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRR5_i6S3iFEwY4llzItrtRpk4wEKlGTTKXJrbXa-dsvttAWlSbtsrE4AUK8yUbytPH32uJPmL2ewPOO3x_n3TwPh9l0VzvwJyEk9854VJq57a1ubNWNuwCc3EtgObLCTUGavJUzSTyQ/s1600/item17.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-18-study.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The rococo Gothic-style embrasures in Paul Mellon’s study were joined and carved by Oak Spring estate carpenters from timber cut on-site. The Meissen draft horse standing among flowers and the punch bowl and punch pot—all on the next-to-bottom shelf—speak to Paul Mellon’s wit and his highly articulated love of England, sport, and good times in the countryside."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item17_18" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSFVAUhl8oNKkXUlCdpuXN9mtuk74dnfi3rVx6bdxswPk6OYbt95jV8sRsTpsiR6USIGB-bLFMJYPCEUEg3oG409UmwHGEcnpRX-yOkZmpzQ72bOkACTfjfcjEXkzJ1rcqbUy4qzxszk/s1600/item18.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-19-horse-figurine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSFVAUhl8oNKkXUlCdpuXN9mtuk74dnfi3rVx6bdxswPk6OYbt95jV8sRsTpsiR6USIGB-bLFMJYPCEUEg3oG409UmwHGEcnpRX-yOkZmpzQ72bOkACTfjfcjEXkzJ1rcqbUy4qzxszk/s1600/item18.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-auction-19-horse-figurine.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Meissen figure of a cart house - circa 1750"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  5,000 — 7,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 690</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.690.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpkj95cpoSh7FVaCa9vf5iYf4548jquBlXnFJhFpWjNOIfl0ASh7cLaJxXGanVjHM5kluiBruZW5hcj1_IM9R665ZOSpDy08FSMN5SHpvGppl2m0VJT3Cd_55pWVr0JoKVqpoRROjrxs/s1600/3e5057ab3b486fb935572c8fea3368e6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpkj95cpoSh7FVaCa9vf5iYf4548jquBlXnFJhFpWjNOIfl0ASh7cLaJxXGanVjHM5kluiBruZW5hcj1_IM9R665ZOSpDy08FSMN5SHpvGppl2m0VJT3Cd_55pWVr0JoKVqpoRROjrxs/s1600/3e5057ab3b486fb935572c8fea3368e6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Understatement and comfort set the note in the dining room, from the handsome but unmatched caned armchairs that invite a diner to lean back, converse, and sip, to the Nicholas de Stael painting of a salad over the sideboard. The dinner plate armorials showing two little topiaries per plate could have been painted for Bunny Mellon—she was a fan of dotting her gardens with topiary designs—but in fact date from 1800. The pumpkin tureen table centerpiece and the knobby cauliflowers on the sideboard are rarities; the dusky portrait near the window of a woman reading is a Gwen John. The other works of art—an O’Keefe, a Diebenkorn—are more immediately recognizable."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item14_15" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Regency mahogany two-pedestal dining table"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 508</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.508.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk-MpUMX1kyQnx5VBpxMnbxtK_AcIiHztrPdiWKzLh2joUxjB0J-L8a5E3wc9l4VN1u_Z0ieJTvqng69brde9FayDZKm9IDQPQlomKBkMhfidqYgVY7s8Xn1an3MQseuMrCzqy2fBA04/s1600/9ff5017d38fb360cf05e78296fc3b219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOk-MpUMX1kyQnx5VBpxMnbxtK_AcIiHztrPdiWKzLh2joUxjB0J-L8a5E3wc9l4VN1u_Z0ieJTvqng69brde9FayDZKm9IDQPQlomKBkMhfidqYgVY7s8Xn1an3MQseuMrCzqy2fBA04/s1600/9ff5017d38fb360cf05e78296fc3b219.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A rare Dutch Delft pumpkin tureen and stand"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Circa 1760</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Het Oude Moriaenshooft factory, Geertruy Verstelle, naturalistically modelled resting on a leaf-form stand, the stand with GV:S mark in blue.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Length of stand 15 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">38.1 cm</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  10,000 — 15,000  USD</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Interiors  - Lot 474</span><br /><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/interiors-mellon-n09247/lot.474.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Photo</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> via Sotheby's website.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a photo of the Georgia O'Keeffe painting that hung in Bunny Mellon's dining room:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigl8eChGYK2_MSVXAqJfi29fK3qjVAe562Yll5-SLybOTrDDRBY20XvF9ZllO6MjNQGBulucLXrQLCLlcXRnfkR_F4l_bXSiLjopfgO9yU2ksueAvKEAaAKLaAHaOxMozTPNDj5d52tUw/s1600/455cc0b78e6d72e3e2d39eddb8f7ce97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigl8eChGYK2_MSVXAqJfi29fK3qjVAe562Yll5-SLybOTrDDRBY20XvF9ZllO6MjNQGBulucLXrQLCLlcXRnfkR_F4l_bXSiLjopfgO9yU2ksueAvKEAaAKLaAHaOxMozTPNDj5d52tUw/s1600/455cc0b78e6d72e3e2d39eddb8f7ce97.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia O'Keeffe</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1887 - 1986</span><br /><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White Barn (White Barn, No. 1-Canada; Barn No. 2; White Barn Canada #1; White Barn No. III</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Signed with initials within the artist's star device and inscribed by Alfred Stieglitz “White Barn No. 1 [III written above 1 by Doris Bry]—Canada—1932 / by Georgia O’Keeffe / An American Place / 509 Madison Ave—New York, N.Y.” on the original backing</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16 1/8 by 30 1/8 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">41 by 76.5 cm.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimate  1,500,000 — 2,500,000  USD</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon: Masterworks - Lot 16</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/masterworks-mellon-n09245/lot.16.html" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Georgia O'Keeffe's <i>White Barn</i> reminded me of this horse barn at Oak Spring Farm:</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11QfqulMk285-WYus1X_ZelzfTkKjERvYZT-6B0YHu52LJePP903qN5FpelhfTvQghfCBN2nzgiR0reH7PF0JcXWenbKQvdOsECeCJYbn9huBX3KZL3R9CsHgU4RL7dGqOPQY66dT70/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-04-horse-stables.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11QfqulMk285-WYus1X_ZelzfTkKjERvYZT-6B0YHu52LJePP903qN5FpelhfTvQghfCBN2nzgiR0reH7PF0JcXWenbKQvdOsECeCJYbn9huBX3KZL3R9CsHgU4RL7dGqOPQY66dT70/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-04-horse-stables.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Once home to 150 horses, including Sea Hero—the 1993 Kentucky Derby winner—the farm has extensive equestrian facilities."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,000-acre Oak Spring Farm, Bunny Mellon's home in Upperville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item3_4" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcONZ0Ci07GzLX4TB44w5G1AgDs-3eG60FJQaT6TseZIUggAYDVeYb-xuRLLRIHzA3dPFmbiUm4W8Eg7R4BqX9QfL0L5Ya6Va3d-4ku7UuiHAzs66ozzwRLal5uSPbcA5gAtRiuvpQ-d4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-02-exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcONZ0Ci07GzLX4TB44w5G1AgDs-3eG60FJQaT6TseZIUggAYDVeYb-xuRLLRIHzA3dPFmbiUm4W8Eg7R4BqX9QfL0L5Ya6Va3d-4ku7UuiHAzs66ozzwRLal5uSPbcA5gAtRiuvpQ-d4/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-02-exterior.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The main residence, known as the Brick House, was designed in 1941 by architect William Adams Delano of Delano and Aldrich. The neo-Georgian-style home was later turned into a gallery to showcase Paul and Bunny Mellon’s world-renowned art collection. It features wide-plank floors, nine fireplaces, three levels, and a spacious two-bedroom apartment. Just off of the main house is an enclosed pool with his-and-her cabanas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2,000-acre Oak Spring Farm, Bunny Mellon's home in Upperville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_f4ADCmd8AU2xJsLXPvvL0OsPmZU1YJQzF2nXRgBkpLfyY5VNzci5tkoFIc4Q8t9jmJbg28s8h0ki18mHqiZIRYn4AobvMEhpzLtHyomMbiFmZ5bcVwAPjD1kzFT276r4C-8KgGmas/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-01-property.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSN_f4ADCmd8AU2xJsLXPvvL0OsPmZU1YJQzF2nXRgBkpLfyY5VNzci5tkoFIc4Q8t9jmJbg28s8h0ki18mHqiZIRYn4AobvMEhpzLtHyomMbiFmZ5bcVwAPjD1kzFT276r4C-8KgGmas/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-virginia-estate-for-sale-01-property.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"More than 2,000 acres of rolling green pastures form Oak Spring Farm. The historic property, originally 400 acres, was purchased in 1931 by financier Andrew Mellon for his wife. The couple’s son, Paul, bought the farm with his wife, Bunny, in 1936 and expanded it to include neighboring farms. Located in Upperville, Virginia, some 50 miles from Washington, D.C., the farm showcases distant views of three mountain ranges: the Blue Ridge, Cobbler, and Bull Run Mountains."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Offered for $70 million by <a href="http://www.wfp.com/" target="_blank">Washington Fine Properties</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Washington Fine Properties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jennifer Tzeses.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/real-estate/2014/bunny-mellon-oak-spring-farm-slideshow" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm is on the Market</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUobnzR2JR7XXOKoFxmpfyqTPGh-P0OSNEFc86VXJtFjmrGuf3wdREsON7Z5uY1spx0D_9yz9nKYAZVsEfgRic5UHWhIaDe5xB_yPUjV4N5qbEvfIakbuddYbU7QJPRP_9K-UE8JW5hU/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-main-blog480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUobnzR2JR7XXOKoFxmpfyqTPGh-P0OSNEFc86VXJtFjmrGuf3wdREsON7Z5uY1spx0D_9yz9nKYAZVsEfgRic5UHWhIaDe5xB_yPUjV4N5qbEvfIakbuddYbU7QJPRP_9K-UE8JW5hU/s1600/15culture-well-bunny-main-blog480.jpg" width="508" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A hardy orange tree flanks Oak Spring’s library, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Credit Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/rachel-bunny-mellon-final-interview-virginia-estate/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=3" target="_blank">The Eloquence of Silence</a>" by Charlotte Moss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/t-magazine/index.html" target="_blank">T Magazine: The New York Times</a> (June 12, 2014).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjoj2YtZItnkqDs5_A6yAGAr6epQTBk31yYCLCxX1oEva33cqPAIFyefipQ1PuM3uSeYv2OlgNplQ8HXLgubcGsHGVDhx6muvDWjJ2ZUBE8S8FJDXJZBwB0v3CSUjqmt-vGD_7MoCak8/s1600/dc4b354340d0151e0032333e81b2f2d9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjoj2YtZItnkqDs5_A6yAGAr6epQTBk31yYCLCxX1oEva33cqPAIFyefipQ1PuM3uSeYv2OlgNplQ8HXLgubcGsHGVDhx6muvDWjJ2ZUBE8S8FJDXJZBwB0v3CSUjqmt-vGD_7MoCak8/s1600/dc4b354340d0151e0032333e81b2f2d9.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Untitled (Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange), Mark Rothko, 1970; estimate $20 million to $30 million.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purchased by Mrs. Mellon herself in 1970, Yellow, Orange, Yellow, Light Orange glowed in the second floor gallery of her Oak Spring Garden Library in Upperville, Virginia."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/" target="_blank">Photo</a> via Sotheby's website.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin48skKtE1xCiP3iGRr1iT82cm3sxVr6t-GQJ9WmFLxvReN8bvV2kTbmijBJOCf-vot4SDTmHehEU7E_IQGqFjylHaLdEXlSdSEr68X7Lt9ocRiefkmydWwggXmw72YRsXLgVKBY5jg60/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-15-oak-spring-garden-library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin48skKtE1xCiP3iGRr1iT82cm3sxVr6t-GQJ9WmFLxvReN8bvV2kTbmijBJOCf-vot4SDTmHehEU7E_IQGqFjylHaLdEXlSdSEr68X7Lt9ocRiefkmydWwggXmw72YRsXLgVKBY5jg60/s1600/item14.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.bunny-mellon-design-archives-15-oak-spring-garden-library.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In the library, a 1954 Mark Rothko work glows against a wall of painted stone."</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oak Spring Garden Library.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Manhattan-Residence_3" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (June 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This work will not be offered in Sotheby's auction because it was sold privately earlier this year. </i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A second Rothko in the private sale "was a 1957 8-foot-tall vertical, blue canvas <i>No. 14 (White and Greens in Blue)</i>, which was previously owned by Nelson A. Rockefeller. . . .</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deal is significant because it’s one of the largest transactions in the art market and may have set personal records for the two postwar artists [A work by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Richard Diebenkorn sold privately in addition to the two Rothkos</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.] It also gives a glimpse into private sales, a secretive part of the opaque $66 billion art industry. Unlike auctions, where final prices are public, private sales are confidential, making them unknown to most market outsiders." ("</span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-05/why-mellon-s-250-million-rothkos-aren-t-in-n-y-auction.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon’s $250 Million Rothkos Sold in Private Sale</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Katya Kazakina, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a>, September 5, 2014).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjjuMNUjcnZUHj1jb13UCyYJ4pCUxcT3JOnGXPL3R7HJcStclVn13NvmyJyWowBtFCitbOFJT4WoU_e90KoSRXvyKB8IlmgwB1V8sQXYW2nZQ7aaV18GCNWAYX0qFZkszX5QvL7K9Iqo/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjjuMNUjcnZUHj1jb13UCyYJ4pCUxcT3JOnGXPL3R7HJcStclVn13NvmyJyWowBtFCitbOFJT4WoU_e90KoSRXvyKB8IlmgwB1V8sQXYW2nZQ7aaV18GCNWAYX0qFZkszX5QvL7K9Iqo/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-design-archives-16-oak-spring-garden-walkway.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"At Oak Spring, ‘Mary Potter’ crab apples are cordoned over a pergola that leads from the walled garden to the greenhouses (doors shown)."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior and garden photography by Michael Dunne.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2014-06/bunny-mellon-garden-interior-design-slideshow_slideshow_Oak-Spring-Residence_16" target="_blank">Tour the Exquisite Homes and Gardens of Late Design Legend Bunny Mellon</a>" produced by Mitchell Owens.</span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (June 2014).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnyKPq9hwp_PxgnlidSIDzka05U63EKGehKlJ8rI63tsohgJss-McnbeFEVPxoJ6b5lIpTagb6ZKrgu4wn0Sb5lUEvtgmtSxODM2f5Jhxm4Fyr4dSCue4tIzWI31DDDRrx163yhQpY9o/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-06-verdura-jewelry+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnyKPq9hwp_PxgnlidSIDzka05U63EKGehKlJ8rI63tsohgJss-McnbeFEVPxoJ6b5lIpTagb6ZKrgu4wn0Sb5lUEvtgmtSxODM2f5Jhxm4Fyr4dSCue4tIzWI31DDDRrx163yhQpY9o/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowVertical.bunny-mellon-auction-06-verdura-jewelry+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A Verdura 14K-gold, platinum, diamond, and ruby brooch designed as an espaliered apple tree; estimate $2,500 to $3,500."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mac Griswold.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/10/bunny-mellon-sothebys-slideshow_slideshow_item5_6#" target="_blank">Bunny Mellon's Breathtaking Private Collection on Sale at Sotheby's</a>"</span><br /><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (October 2014).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yUCTLB_GtHRIRMh5mWnNuEbKg6FFykeNPCrfgzoiFbNc1CA3jgtLRK9crxaKUMAYJbB6QuIOGOa287plToGMxOqGcUqXggD3KSEjU3Ix4M3MI6ttktcnLhy6FyDK4if2Y2hCcSkfHFc/s1600/_Bunny_Mellon_Bunny_Statue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yUCTLB_GtHRIRMh5mWnNuEbKg6FFykeNPCrfgzoiFbNc1CA3jgtLRK9crxaKUMAYJbB6QuIOGOa287plToGMxOqGcUqXggD3KSEjU3Ix4M3MI6ttktcnLhy6FyDK4if2Y2hCcSkfHFc/s1600/_Bunny_Mellon_Bunny_Statue.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A cast metal rabbit by Jane Sage Canfield."</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">Photography courtesy of Sotheby's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/gallery/inside-bunny-mellons-oak-spring-farm-estate" target="_blank">Inside Bunny Mellon's Oak Spring Farm Estate</a>"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (2014).</span></div></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><i>The Mellon auctions will commence on 10 November with an evening sale dedicated to a curated selection of Mrs. Mellon’s fine art, which encapsulates her sophisticated eye and approach to collecting. The pieces on offer in the Masterworks auction span four centuries, led by two incredible paintings by Mark Rothko that are estimated at $20,000,000-30,000,000 and $15,000,000-20,000,000, respectively. Sotheby’s will present Mrs. Mellon’s collection of Jewels and Objects of Vertu in a dedicated auction beginning in the evening of 20 November – featuring a spectacular Fancy Vivid Blue diamond that is estimated at $10,000,000-15,000,000 – and continuing the morning of the 21st. The series will culminate in a three-day Interiors sale from 21 – 23 November, offering fine art, furniture, porcelain, silver, glassware, decoration and more from the Mellons’ residences, providing an intimate portrait of their daily lives.</i></span></span></div><div><i style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, 'DejaVu Sans', sans-serif;">The more than 2,000 individual items on offer in the November auction series are drawn from the Mellons’ residences in the United States and abroad, and were acquired over a lifetime. Together the auctions are estimated to achieve in excess of $100 million. Proceeds from the sales will benefit The Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, a charitable entity established by Mrs. Mellon in memory of her father. The Foundation supports horticultural and educational endeavors.</i></div><div><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/blogs/specials/property-from-the-collection-of-mrs-paul-mellon/2014/10/auction-details.html" target="_blank">Auction</a> details from the Sotheby's website</span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.2800006866455px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, DejaVu Sans, sans-serif;">For additional photos, please visit my July 2014 blog post - <a href="http://aflippenlife.blogspot.com/2014/07/from-garden-of-bunny-mellon.html" target="_blank">From the Garden of Bunny Mellon</a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Revisiting Bunny Mellon

This November, Sotheby’s will devote three separate auctions to the [Bunny] Mellon collection, encompassing some 2,000 items, including pain...

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