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Elie Wiesel
Bronze, over life-size
Pictured from left to right: Elie and Marion Wiesel, Marc Mellon, Stacey and Matthew Bronfman,
Cindy and Larry Bloch, and Babette Bloch.

Marc’s bust of Elie Wiesel was recently unveiled at the 92nd Street Y, a major New York City cultural institution and community center, referred to by Professor Wiesel as "my cultural home in New York." The bust was developed from life sittings at the National Arts Club.

"Creating a portrait bust of Elie Wiesel has been a dream project. I came to it with the greatest respect for his core messages to mankind. Ever watchful of our world, he has raised our awareness of violence and genocide across the globe, teaching that indifference to organized hate is not an acceptable moral choice. As he has often said, the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.

I wanted this portrait to reflect the complexity of the man, and hope that over time, this bronze will in a small way lead more people to Professor Wiesel's spoken and written legacy."


For more information on Elie and Marion Wiesel's charitable foundation:
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Kenneth E. Behring
Bronze, over life-size
Commissioned by the Smithsonian
Wheelchair Foundation - Behring
Kenneth E. Behring
Smithsonian - Ken Behring

In October 2010 Marc was commissioned by the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, to create a bust of major Smithsonian Institution philanthropist Kenneth H. Behring.

The bust was sculpted in Danville California on the site of the Wheelchair Foundation, the foundation Mr. Behring established to distribute wheelchairs to the world's indigent.

Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Hough lead the proceedings to honor Mr. Behring and unveil the bust at the NMAH in June 2011, just before American History Day celebrations, which are funded by Mr. Behring.

The bust joins other works of Marc’s in the Smithsonian’s collection, including his bust of George HW Bush, in the National Portrait Gallery. The NMAH also houses Mellon's 2009 Official Presidential Inaugural Medal (portrait relief of Barack Obama), his Theodore Roosevelt Police Award (commissioned by the Theodore Roosevelt Association), and the 2003 Brookgreen Gardens Medal, From the Artist's Studio, To Nature's Gallery.

For more information on Kenneth E. Behring's global wheelchair foundation: Wheelchair Foundation
Everett Raymond Kinstler
Bronze, life-size
Will Barnet
Bronze, life-size
George Eastman Statue
Bronze, 8' high
University of Rochester
Unveiled October 2009
George Eastman Statue GE Statue University of Rochester
Pope John Paul II
Bronze, over life-size
St. Peter Square, Vatican City, October 24, 2001

left: Marc Mellon being introduced to Pope John Paul II by Dr. Anthony J. Cernera, President of Sacred Heart University
middle: Mellon leans in to address the Pope, conveying the purpose behind the creation of the bust.
right: Bust of Pope John Paul II in Mellon Sculpture Studio

Collection of the vatican Papal Apartments. A replica is on view at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Connecticut.
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
Albert Einstein
Bronze, over life-size
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Bronze, over life-size
Albert Einstein
President George Bush
sculpted from life in Washington, D.C.
Bronze 1-1/2 life-size
Permanent Collections:
-National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
-Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Virginia Headquarters Building
-George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Bush Library Center, Texas A&M University
George Bush George Bush
George Bush George Bush
Theodore Roosevelt
Bronze Relief
Winston Churchill
Bronze, Life-size 		Theodore Roosevelt
Bronze, life-size
Winston Churchill Theodore Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
President Lee Teng-hui
of Taiwan
Bronze, over-life 		President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan greeting
Mellon at the official residence of the President
May 1998
President Lee Teng-hui of Taiwan
Left and Right:
President Lee Teng-hui and Mrs. Lee Teng-hui
Center:
Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Winston Churchill
Ronald Reagan
Bronze, Over-life
Ronald Reagan
President Lee et al
Bobby Clarke Trophy
Bronze, Presented Annually
Commissioned by: The Philidelphia Flyers
Becoming Muhammad Ali
Bronze, over life-size
The Bobby Clarke Trophy Bobby Clarke
Boomer Esiason Foundation
Man of the Year Award
Boomer Esiason and his son, Gunnar
Bronze, Awarded annually		 The Drazen Petrovic Trophy
McDonald's Championship
MVP Trophy
Commissioned by: The NBA
Boomer Esiason Foundation Man of the Year Award
Boomer, Gunnar and Marc Drazen Petrovic Trophy

Academy Award-Winning Actress, Patricia Neal
Bronze, life-size
Sculpted from life in Martha's Vineyard
Pat Neal and Marc
Pat Neal
Jamie-Lynn
Life-size
Private collection
R. Brinkley Smithers
Bronze, life-size
The Birth
Bronze, 15" high
The Birth Jamie-Lynn R. Brinkley Smithers
Gene Glick
Gene B. Glick Co., Indianapolis
Bronze, over-life 		Tom Friedkin
Gulf States Toyota Founder, Houston, TX
Clay model for bronze bust		 Henry Benach
Former chairman Starrett Corp.
Bronze, over-life
Gene B. Glick Henry Benach
Tom Friedkin
Alton Ochsner, M.D.
Bronze, 9 1/2' high including 1 1/2' granite base
Permanently installed in front of The Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisianna
Kate Smith
Bronze, 8' high
Installed at the Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia, PA
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