Lot Essay
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.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
Malvina Hoffman (1885-1966)
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl)
Details
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.)
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl)
inscribed and dated '© Malvina Hoffman 1933' (along the base)
bronze with brownish-red patina
height: 14¾ in. (37.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Graham Gallery, New York.
Literature
A.T. Gardner, American Sculpture, A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965, p. 160, illustration of another example.
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, p. 187.
J. Conner and J. Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture: Studio Works 1893-1939, Houston, Texas, 1989, p. 187.
Sale room notice
Please note the literature cited here references larger versions of Daboa.