Arnold Genthe CollectionHoffman, Malvina, with cat, portrait photograph 1933 June 27.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
1 negative : safety ; 5 x 7 in.
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Charring Auh#MalvinaHoffman (June 15, 1885 – July 10, 1966)[a] was an American sculptor and author, well known for her life-size bronze sculptures of people. She also worked in plaster and marble. Hoffman created portrait busts of working-class
DidiWhat happened to the world’s largest bronze commission in art history? It wound up in the basement of the Field Museum hidden for 50 yrs - Here’s #JohnOliver next to one of sculptor Malvina Hoffman’s 105 life size bronzes 1930 + she was the highest paid artist ever for art commissiin. This is larger than Rodin’s Gates of Hell. @lastweektonight
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Ballerina Anna Pavlova posed with sculptor Malvina Hoffman for 15 yrs to sculpt the 26-panel bas relief Bacchanale frieze. The @nytimes art critic in 1915 compared Malvina’s study of movement to Michelangelo and Rodin. He suggested it was a masterpiece. Pavlova died in 1931 and the sculptor was so bereft she kept the frieze in her studio until her death in 1966.
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Ballerina Anna Pavlova and sculptor Malvina Hoffman were single Victorian-born women who collaborated in the all male global businessnof art and dance to reach international success before women had the right to vote
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