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PROPERTY FROM

THE MELLON FAMILY
COLLECTION

LOTS 638!640

ૠඤ࢕ૄᔛޜ

ᇜ໮638!640

Following the legendary 2014 sale of Property from the Laos. He joined the State Department as a U.S. Information
Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, Sotheby’s is honored to o* er Service $ eld o% cer and served for $ ve years in a remote area of
Property from the Mellon Family Collection. Inherited by her northeastern Laos. He became the $ rst recipient of the Averell
son, Stacy B. Lloyd III, the paintings formerly of Mrs. Mellon’s Harriman Award, which honors outstanding work among young
collection that are presented here demonstrate the sensibility, Foreign Service o% cers. Upon returning to Washington in the
judgment and taste of one of the great art connoisseurs and 1980s, he became the proprietor of an antiquarian and travel
collectors of the twentieth century. Through much of Stacy’s bookstore. Throughout the remainder of his life, Stacy avidly
early life, Mrs. Mellon and her family resided at Oak Spring sought to further his knowledge of the world traveling regularly
Farms, the Mellon’s glorious estate built amid the low rolling to points in Africa, Asia and beyond.
hills of the Virginia hunt country. There, Stacy was in! uenced
Love of travel and interest in cultures di* erent from his own no
by his mother’s steadfast pursuit of certain passions, most
doubt stemmed from Stacy’s upbringing at Oak Spring, where
notably her a* ection for rare books and manuscripts. Her
he was surrounded by objects evoking distant lands from
remarkable life, characterized by understated accomplish-
Antibes and Giverny to Shanghai and Morocco. Indeed, in much
ment and graceful perfection, set an example that living with
the same way as Mrs. Mellon explored the cultural landscape
purpose is what matters most. Stacy would carry his mother’s
by collecting across styles and genres, Stacy Lloyd III used
sentiment forward throughout his adult life and years of distin-
travel as a means of learning and understanding other cultures.
guished service to his country.
We are delighted to celebrate these two generations with our
After graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont, Stacy presentation of Property from the Mellon Family Collection
sought to explore a world far beyond the exquisite gardens and across a series of sales through the spring of 2018 in New York,
serene interiors of Oak Spring, traveling to Peru, Saigon, and London and Paris.
2014ϋᘽబˢϞֱяତڭᖯsૠඤ Paul Mellon ˃ɛ ჃήਜfܝԸΪމ˼ٙ௫̈ڌତdϓމ Averell Harriman
ϗᔛdשርᔛۜၚ੹ᝓͦdމɛᆀ༸dତΎϣ˾ڌૠ ᆤ࠯Τ੻ᆤ٫dவ࿁׵˼ЪމϋჀ̮ʹ֜ࡰٙϓఱ
ඤ࢕ૄᘠɪһεޜᔛdଉช࿲ֱf͉ϣʘהяd̈І ഗʚə޴຅ٙٵ֛fɞɤϋ˾ಂගd౶इГڏΫശସ
ૠඤ˃ɛᔚᔛd͟Չɿ౶इГs௶ࡾᅃɧ˰ Stacy B. ཭d຾ᐄ̚ᘬʿࣚದֳࣣf౶इГ୞ԒλኪdʔᓙԐ
Lloyd III וᘱd࢝ତɚɤ˰ߏɓ˾ᖵஔᛡᔛΤ࢕ᙃᙂઽ ஞڢeԭݲ΢ήdᄣආٝᗆf
ቚe׼፫ഛᛡf౶इГϘϋၾ͎ፋʿ࢕ɛ֢׵̿Λ̵
౶इГᆠฌࣚದd࿁΢਷˖ʷጳሳዢێdೌဲɗաϘ
ԭψૠඤ࢕ૄσڒዖዓ݆୿෤ Oak Spring Farm dଉա
ϋ֢׵ዖዓ݆୿෤ᅂᚤdΪމ࢕ʕϗᔛ஢εମ਷ʈ
Չ͎࿁ޜӼࣣᘬʿ˓ᇃʘᆠҝʿཀɛᆇɢ઼೯fૠඤ
ᖵdೌሞ݊੽τ౤̺ՑΛၪ̵אɪऎֻᅙݾࡩdӊӊ
˃ɛɓ͛ෂփdϓఱڢɭ˲ମ੬ЭሜdБԫᎴඩd˿
ዧ೯ഹ˼࿁΢਷˖ʷٙλփdᓋֻೌࠢfૠඤ˃ɛீ
ɛұ؂dኯՉԫ༦d̙ᗇ׼ኹϞͦᅺɗɛ͛Їᗫࠠࠅ
ཀ΢၇ϗᔛઞ॰̮਷ࠬɺd౶इГۆ˸ದዝႩᗆᐝ༆
ʘԫf౶इГϓڗܝוᘱ͎ፋқΣd؂ਕ਷࢕εϋd
˼਷˖ʷfᘽబˢਗ਼ஷཀ2018ϋ݆֙ॲߒeࡐ౱ʿˋ
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