Titre et auteur:

The quiet collector : Andrew W. Mellon remembered / a Francis Thompson Inc. production.

Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Conoco Inc., DuPont Company, ©1982.

Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Notes:
"Presented as a Public Service by Conoco Inc., a DuPont Company"--Final fr.
"Departement of Extension Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 20565"--Cassette label.
Written and directed by DeWitt Sage, Jr. ; produced by Byron McKinney.
Remak Ramsay, Lisa Banes, Michael Gross, Joseph Maher.
Issued also as a motion picture.
VHS.

Résumé:

Presents the story of how Andrew W. Mellon, renowned American financier, collected some of the world's greatest masterpieces of art. Also focuses on his controversial decision to give not only his collection, but also funds to build and endow the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Sujet:

Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937 Biography.
Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937 Art patronage.
Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937 Art collections.
Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.) History.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Art Collectors and collecting United States Biography.
Art Private collections United States History.
Art Collectionneurs et collections États-Unis Biographies.
Art Collections privées États-Unis Histoire.
Art Collectors and collecting.
Art patronage.
Art Private collections.
United States.

Classification/genre:

Videocassettes.
Video recordings.
VHS (TM)
Biographies.
Videotapes.
History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Sage, DeWitt L.
McKinney, Byron.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Francis Tompson (Firm)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main av 248418
Cote: N5220.M6 Q5 1982
Statut: Disponible