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    		• Hoffman, Malvina,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Head
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Sinhalese
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hall of Man Series: Singhalese Male, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Hall of Man Series: Singhalese Male, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Singhalese Male, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1932.
    Medium: 
    Bronze with dark chocolate patina.
    Dimensions: 
    H. 6 1/2 in. (3 3/4 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Top of shoulder, back:) (copyright symbol) M. HOFFMAN 1932 (Bottom of base, back:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The figure's hair is coiled at the nape of his neck. At the top of his head is a horseshoe shaped tortoise-shell comb. He has a long narrow face, a finely chiseled narrow nose and a moustache.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Head
    Ethnic -- Sinhalese
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Glenbow Museum, 130-9th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta Canada T2G 0P3
    Provenance: 
    Purchased from Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York 8/26/65.
    Remarks: 
    Cat. No. HM.65.70.10. The lift boy at the hotel where Malvina Hoffman stayed was selected as the most representative type of Singhalese.
    References: 
    Glenbow Museum, 1989.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 59500111
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