Liberian Dancer (bronze casting mold with upper half of wax model exposed)
Gift of Mrs. Charles Lamson Hoffman Jr., 1968
Catalogue
- Year
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 68.131.2c: 7 × 4 1/8 × 1 3/4 in., 0.2 lb. (17.8 × 10.5 × 4.4 cm, 0.1 kg) 68.131.2d: 12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 6 in., 13.8 lb. (32.1 × 26 × 15.2 cm, 6.3 kg)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Malvina Hoffman
Artist
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.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Malvina Hoffman
- Year
- 1937
- Dimensions
- 68.131.2c: 7 × 4 1/8 × 1 3/4 in., 0.2 lb. (17.8 × 10.5 × 4.4 cm, 0.1 kg) 68.131.2d: 12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 6 in., 13.8 lb. (32.1 × 26 × 15.2 cm, 6.3 kg)
- Watts ID
- WW-1937-007683
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified