"Throughout the house, Mellone focused his discerning eye to layer new pieces with some of the couple's existing furnishings. "What I love about Andre is that you can't pin him down to a particular style," the wife notes of the warm and sophisticated mix. "You have to work that much harder to make it look easy." For Mellone, the array of rooms became an exercise in composition, scale, and proportions."
"The driving force at each stage was the art: a sublime but deeply personal trove of contemporary and 20th-century works, with a focus on minimalism, the Arte Povera movement, and canonical female talents. "I needed to know there would be space for the [Robert] Motherwell, the [Stanley] Whitney, the [Lynda] Benglis," explains the wife. Early design sessions included moving around cutouts of those and other works."
Mellone layered new pieces with the couple's existing furnishings, creating a warm, sophisticated mix that resists a single stylistic label. The project prioritized art, centering a personal collection of contemporary and 20th-century works focusing on minimalism, Arte Povera, and canonical female artists. Early planning placed cutouts to ensure space for major works such as Motherwell, Whitney, and Benglis. Placement includes a broad Motherwell above a steel fireplace and a contorted Benglis sculpture opposite, paired with Gio Ponti sconces and Jacques Dumond bookcases. The less-is-more approach emphasized composition, scale, and generous breathing room for each artwork, revitalizing the couple and the collection.
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