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Lajos Szalay (Hungarian, 1919-1995) Three Ink Drawings: Two Nude Figures ; Christ Crucified and the Apocalypse

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Auction: Discovery - 2906TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: March 31, 2016 10:00AM

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Lajos Szalay (Hungarian, 1919-1995)

Three Ink Drawings: Two Nude Figures; Christ Crucified and the Apocalypse; and Three Mid-century Figures. All signed "Szalay" in the margins, Apocalypse dated "1945," Modern Figures dated "'57." Sight sizes to 14 x 20 1/2 in., framed. Condition: Toning, not examined out of frames.

Provenance: Collection of philanthropist Dorothy C. Wallace, Brookline, Massachusetts, by descent, to Estate of Dr. James Woodward Wallace, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estimate $300-500

Dorothy C. Wallace was Mrs. Richard H. Wallace. Her papers are archived in the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe (Harvard University).


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Keywords

James Woodward Wallace, Dorothy C. Wallace, Brookline, Cambridge