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MALVINA CORNELL HOFFMAN (1885-1966)
A Bronze Mask of Anna Pavlova
inscribed '© MALVINA HOFFMAN' and 'C.B.W.' 7in. (19.4cm.) high, on veined black marble cube, the underside inscribed 'JG', natural patina
Literature
A. Alexandre, Malvina Hoffman, Paris, 1930, pp. 19-20,
cat. no. 34
M. Hoffman, A Sculptor's Odyssey, New York, 1936, p. 66, illus.
A.T.E. Gardner, American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Greenwich, Ct., 1965, p. 159

Lot Essay

According to the artist's records, the present bronze - a reduction of her wax portrait of 1924 - is from a small edition cast circa 1934 using both the Rudier and Cellini foundries. An example of the wax version is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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