Lot Essay
The present bronze is a figure of a dancing girl from the Sara tribe in Lake Chad, Africa. Daboa was conceived in 1930 and was commissioned in life-size for the Hall of Man, Field Museum, Chicago.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Malvina Cornell Hoffman (1887-1966)
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl), A Bronze Figure
Details
Malvina Cornell Hoffman (1887-1966)
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl), A Bronze Figure
inscribed 'DABOA 1930 MALVINA HOFFMAN' and stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y.'
22¾in. (57.8cm.) high, including wood base, rich reddish brown patina
'Daboa' (Sara Dancing Girl), A Bronze Figure
inscribed 'DABOA 1930 MALVINA HOFFMAN' and stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y.'
22¾in. (57.8cm.) high, including wood base, rich reddish brown patina
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist
Literature
M. Hoffman, Heads and Tales, New York, 1937, p. 153
A.T. Gardner, American Sculpture, A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965, p. 160
M.B. Hill, The Woman Sculptor, Malvina Hoffman and Her Contemporaries, New York, 1984, p. 41, fig. 20
A.T. Gardner, American Sculpture, A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1965, p. 160
M.B. Hill, The Woman Sculptor, Malvina Hoffman and Her Contemporaries, New York, 1984, p. 41, fig. 20