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Hoffman, Malvina,
Modern Art Foundry,
Figure male
Ethnic -- Vedda
Object -- Weapon
Sculpture
Hall of Man Series: Vedda Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966, sculptor.
Modern Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Hall of Man Series: Vedda Man, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Vedda Man, (sculpture).
Dates:
1930-1933.
Medium:
Bronze with reddish brown patina.
Dimensions:
H. 27 1/4 in. (15 1/4 lbs.).
Inscription:
(Top of base, back left:) MALVINA HOFFMAN (copyright symbol) (Side of base, back left:) MODERN ART/FDRY/N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Full figure of a man whose long hair is parted in the middle. He has a moustache and a goatee. He wears only a breech cloth. In his left hand he holds a long bow and in his right hand he holds the arrow. The arrow has a flat knife-like head and feathers at the end.
Subject:
Figure male
Ethnic -- Vedda
Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow
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.65.70.4.
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 59500105
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