Pavlova
model 1924, cast c. 1926/1929
Malvina Cornell Hoffman
Sculptor, American, 1885 - 1966
Artwork overview
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Medium
terracotta
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 26.67 × 23.18 × 12.07 cm (10 1/2 × 9 1/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
base: 6.99 × 29.21 × 17.78 cm (2 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 7 in.)
overall with base: 31.12 × 29.21 × 17.78 cm (12 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 7 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.3680
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; consigned or sold June 1929 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), as Bust of Anna; purchased December 1929 or January 1930 by James Parmelee [1855-1931], Cleveland and Washington;[1] his estate; bequest 1949 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Knoedler records list the sale to Parmalee as taking place in December 1929 (e-mail of 22 September 2006 from Edye Weissler, Knoedler librarian, to Jennifer Wingate of the Corcoran), while the Corcoran accession record gives Parmalee's purchase as taking place 2 January 1930; both e-mail and accession record in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1971
Portraits of the American Stage, 1771-1971, An Exhibition in Celebration of the Inaugural Season of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, 10 September - 31 October 1971, no. 47, repro.
Bibliography
1925
"Pavlova as Herself: One of the Malvina Hoffman Portrait Busts of the Famous Dancer." The Sketch (1 July 1925): 648.
Hoffman, Malvina. "Miss Malvina Hoffman on Her Own Portraits." The Sketch (1 July 1925).
1930
Alexandre, Arsene. Malvina Hoffman. Paris, 1930.
1968
Craven, Wayne. Sculpture in America. Newark, 1968: 562.
Inscriptions
on proper left rear: PAVLOWA / BY / MALVINA HOFFMAN / 1926
Wikidata ID
Q63864254