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Sep 26, 2025
Scottish/American 1877-1957)
Patricia "Boots" Mallory (1913-1958), signed lower right "Penhryn Stanlaws", pastel on illustration board, original pickled wood frame, 40-3/8 x 28-1/4 x 1-1/2 in.
Provenance: From the Collection of David Male, Mars Hill, North Carolina
Note: Boots Mallory was a film actress and dancer. She joined the Ziegfeld Follies in 1931. After moving to Hollywood, she starred in mostly B-grade films after the devastating premiere of "Hello Sister!". In 1933 she married James Cagney's brother, William, and in 1937 married actor Herbert Marshall. A striking beauty, she was photographed by George Hurrell and painted by the pin-up artist Rolf Armstrong. She died in 1958 at the age of 45.
Collection of the Sitter; Joan Mallory (sister of sitter); Tonya Beth Wilson (daughter)
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