Premier Auction - Session I
Fri, Sep 16, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 688
Malvina Cornell Hoffman Bronze
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(New York, 1887-1966)
Mongolian Dancer, 1930, signed on base ?Malvina Hoffman ??, posthumous cast, 1977, foundry mark ?Modern Art FDRY 77?, patinated bronze, bronze, 12-3/4 x 15 x 6-3/8 in.
Note: ?These people are individuals, not types", Hoffman said in 1961 of the Chicago Field Museum?s ?Races of Mankind? series she was commissioned to make in 1930. The exhibit for the 105 sculptures opened in 1933, housed in the Hall of Man at the Field Museum of Natural History. It was also exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and the 1938 New York World's Fair. The sculptures were subsequently stored as the series became more uncomfortable in the context for which it was made. The sculptures have since been resurrected in an appreciation of this fine sculptor.
Literature: Henry Field, The Races of Mankind, Sculptures by Malvina Hoffman, Anthropology Leaflet 30, (Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1937), Malvina Hoffman, Heads and Tales, (New York, 1943), p. 225.
The blue green patina on this bronze was intended by the artist to recreate the green of the peacock feathers on the actual hat that the sitter was wearing.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
Condition
blue/green to brown patina, abrasions on proper right hand
