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    		• Hoffman, Malvina,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure male
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Tamil
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hall of Man Series: Tamil Climbing Tree, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Hall of Man Series: Tamil Climbing Tree, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Tamil Climbing Tree, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930-1933.
    Medium: 
    Dark copper-colored bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: H. 24 in. with base; Base: H. 7 3/4 in. W. 12 3/4 in. (40 1/4 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (On top of base, back left:) MALVINA HOFFMAN (copyright symbol) (On bottom corner of base:) MODERN ART/FDRY/N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full figure of a man climbing a palm tree. There are raffia loops around his body and feet which secure a pail at his waist and another at the base of the tree. His long hair is coiled in a knot at the nape of his neck and he has a moustache.
    Subject: 
    Figure male
    Ethnic -- Tamil
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Tree Climbing
    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.65.70.1
    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 59500102
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