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Artists›Malvina Hoffman

Malvina Hoffman

1887⚠

WA-00013415

Sculpture

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None documented

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ3844044

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Pavlova Memorial Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/malvina-hoffman
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Malvina Hoffman cast life-size bronze portraits of dancers, working-class figures, and notable individuals, capturing physical presence and psychological particularity in sculptural form. She worked across bronze, marble, and plaster, with particular distinction in her portraits of performers like Anna Pavlova. Her monumental series Hall of the Races of Mankind, installed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, demonstrated her commitment to representing human diversity through meticulously observed sculptural form. Hoffman also wrote extensively on her artistic practice and anthropological interests.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (17)

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Medal: The Brotherhood of Man

1955 · bronze

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Medal: The Brotherhood of Man (reverse)

1955 · bronze

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Medal: The Brotherhood of Man (obverse)

1955 · bronze

Diameter: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Liberian Dancer (bronze casting mold with upper half of wax model exposed)

1937 · c. Wax d. plaster and wax

68.131.2c: 7 × 4 1/8 × 1 3/4 in., 0.2 lb. (17.8 × 10.5 × 4.4 cm, 0.1 kg) 68.131.2d: 12 5/8 × 10 1/4 × 6 in., 13.8 lb. (32.1 × 26 × 15.2 cm, 6.3 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Liberian Dancer (mold for wax figure)

1937 · Plaster, clay and wax

68.131.2a: 15 1/4 × 11 × 6 in., 9.3 lb. (38.7 × 27.9 × 15.2 cm, 4.2 kg) 68.131.2b: 15 1/4 × 10 1/2 × 4 3/4 in., 7.1 lb. (38.7 × 26.7 × 12.1 cm, 3.2 kg)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ni Polog

1932 · Bronze

5 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 5 in. (14.6 × 7.9 × 12.7 cm) Base: 3 × 3 × 3 in. (7.6 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Daboa

1931 · Bronze

21 5/8 x 8 x 10 3/4 in. (54.9 x 20.3 x 27.3 cm) Base: 1 1/2 x 6 x 7 1/2 in. (3.8 x 15.2 x 19.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kneeling Girl

1926 · Marble

H.: 73.7 cm (29 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Pavlova

1924 · Wax on plaster with pigment, on wood mount

Sculpture: 40.6 × 23.5 × 15.9 cm (16 × 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 in.); Base: 24.1 × 22 × 22.2 cm (9 1/2 × 8 11/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Paderewski the Artist

1923 · Bronze (marble base)

16 1/8 x 13 3/4 x 8 in. (40.6 x 34.3 x 20.3 cm) Base: 5 1/2 x 7 x 5 1/2 in. (14 x 34.9 x 14 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Column of Life

1920 · Bronze

76.2 × 17.8 cm (30 1/2 × 7 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Offrande

1919 · Bronze

48.3 × 55.9 × 15.2 cm (19 × 22 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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A Modern Crusader

1918 · Bronze

18 3/4 x 12 x 10 in. (47.6 x 30.5 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bacchanale

1917 · bronze, copper, brass

without base: 172.7 x 137.2 cm (68 x 54 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Boy and Panther Cub

1915 · bronze

Overall: 171.5 cm (67 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Pavlova Dancing the Gavotte

1915 · bronze

Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Bacchanale Russe

1912 · Bronze

14 1/4 × 9 × 8 1/2 in. (36.2 × 22.9 × 21.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

17 published of 21 catalogued · 10 with image

The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img
+ 1 more source · 4 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Medal: The Brotherhood of Man
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Medal: The Brotherhood of Man (reverse)
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Medal: The Brotherhood of Man (obverse)
1955 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bacchanale
1917 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pavlova Dancing the Gavotte
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boy and Panther Cub
1915 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Pavlova Memorial Exhibition

New York · 1941