Mellon Sculpture Studio is Proud to Announce Seven Significant 2024 Portrait Bust Acquisitions͏‌

͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌&nb Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Collectors,  Each year brings placements of works new and old, as we come close to entering my 50th year of casting my works into bronze. Each year includes works from my limited editions celebrating the figure in balance, motion, or repose as expressed in dance, sports, and beyond.  I’ve always enjoyed the challenges of the portrait bust, whether from life or working from existing photographs and film or video, and pride myself in projecting each subject's inner qualities, bringing each portrait to life.  This year, which included dance and sports bronzes added to private and university collections, was particularly rich in the placement of my “history” busts into prominent public collections coast to coast.  Images of these busts are below, including their notable locations.  Each of these busts is cast in bronze as needed in limited editions of 9, each one signed and numbered.   The Theodore Roosevelt, Reagan, Churchill, Einstein, and Ali busts were sited through the philanthropic vision of Bart Kaufman, and internationally known appraiser Sharon Theobald.  I wish to express my gratitude to these individuals, and to the prominent institutions who have enthusiastically sited my work. Theodore Roosevelt Collection of Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Oyster Bay, NY.  Previous bronze cast in the private collection of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who told Marc “Your TR now joins bronze busts of my two other favorites Reagan and JFK.” Becoming Muhammad Ali Collection of Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Previous cast in private collection Becoming Muhammad Ali Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Medical School/Montefiore, Bronx NY Private Collection of David Rubenstein Private Collection of Larry Bloch Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA Private Collection, Mike Marocco, Redding, CT Winston Churchill Hillsdale College, Winston Churchill Room, Hillsdale, Michigan The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Private Collection of David Rubenstein Winston Churchill Book Cover Reader’s Digest of Europe, The History of the World, World War II German Edition E. Lee Ronnel Ronnel Music Academy, Little Rock, Arkansas Dedicated October 2024 Commissioned by the Ronnel Family  E. Lee Ronnel was trained as a classical musician, he built a successful metal recycling and trading company and became a life-long supporter of The Arkansas Symphony and music education in he state of Arkansas.    The Family of E. Lee Ronnel at the bust dedication. To the left are artist Marc Mellon and his wife, fellow artist Babette Bloch Pope John Paul II A new bronze cast is being cast for the collection of Mike Marocco, IN SITU, Gardens and Sculpture Park, Redding, CT  The first cast was unveiled in 2001 in the center of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Housed in the Papal Apartments Bust Dedication of Pope John Paul II Presented by a mission from Sacred Heart University’s Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding 2001  Visit My Website  61 Pheasant Ridge Rd, Redding, CT, 06896 , USA Powered by Squarespace Unsubscribe