Live Auction 1349The House Sale
Malvina Hoffman (1885-1966)
Lot 2THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR

Malvina Hoffman (1885-1966)

'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl)

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USD 7,170

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Malvina Hoffman (1885-1966)
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl)
inscribed and dated '© Malvina Hoffman 1933' (along the base)
bronze with brownish-red patina
height: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.)

with Graham Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

The present bronze is a figure of a dancing girl from the Sara tribe in Lake Chad, Africa. Daboa was commissioned in life-size for the Hall of Man at the Field Museum, Chicago.