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Malvina HoffmanWW-1917-007685

1917·bronze, copper, brass·without base: 172.7 x 137.2 cm (68 x 54 in.)

In memory of Julia K. Dalton by her nephews, George S. Kendrick and Harry D. Kendrick

Catalogue

Year: 1917
Medium: bronze, copper, brass
Dimensions: without base: 172.7 x 137.2 cm (68 x 54 in.)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist: Malvina Hoffman

Artist

Malvina Hoffman

Sculpture

Malvina Cornell Hoffman was an American sculptor and author, well known for her life-size bronze sculptures of people. She also worked in plaster and marble. Hoffman created portrait busts of working-class people and significant individuals. She was particularly known for her sculptures of dancers, such as Anna Pavlova. Her sculpture series of culturally diverse people, entitled Hall of the Races of Mankind, was a popular permanent exhibition at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. It was featured at the Century of Progress International Exposition at the Chicago World's Fair of 1933.

New York City

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