A Roman Marble Torso of Apollo or Dionysos, circa 1st Century A.D.

after a Greek original of the 5th Century B.C., the young god standing with his weight on the right leg, his hair falling in long wavy curls over the front of the shoulders and nape of the neck, remains of a support on his right thigh (and traces of the fingers?).

Audrey McMahon (1994-1981), New York
by inheritance to the present owners

Audrey McMahon, President of the College Art Association in the early 1930s, co-founded in 1935 the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP), Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal-inspired agency providing financial support to artists through commissions and teaching opportunities. As Regional Director of the New York City and New Jersey FAP she helped fund and promote the work of many artists, including that of photographer Berenice Abbott. She gave her personal collection of prints, which ranged from the early Renaissance to the 20th Century, to the Queens College Art Collection. Her papers were donated by her executor Geraldine Rhoads, the magazine editor, to the Archives of American Art in 1997.