Anna Pavlova in a Russian Headdress
1924
Malvina Cornell Hoffman
Sculptor, American, 1885 - 1966
Artwork overview
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Medium
colored wax over plaster
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 58.42 × 22.86 × 17.15 cm (23 × 9 × 6 3/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.3638
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased February 1929 from the artist by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1929
Sculptures and Drawings by Malvina Hoffman, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 January - 3 February 1929,
1978
The William A. Clark Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 26 April - 16 July 1978.
1987
Women at Work: Sculpture from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1897-1947, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 16 May - 23 August 1987, repro.
Bibliography
1925
Hoffman, Malvina. "Miss Malvina Hoffman on Her Own Portraits." The Sketch (1 July 1925).
1928
Bowe, Pauline Carrington. "The Two Foremost Women Sculptors in America: Anna Vaugh Hyatt and Malvina Hoffman." Art and Archaelogy (September 1928): 81.
Wikidata ID
Q63864255