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Hoffman, Malvina,
History -- United States
Homage -- Bacon, Robert
Figure group
Occupation -- Military
Allegory -- Death
State of Being -- Emotion
Sculpture
The Sacrifice, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hoffman, Malvina, 1885-1966, sculptor.
Title:
The Sacrifice, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Robert Bacon Memorial, (sculpture).
Medium:
Marble.
Description:
Recumbent figure (effigy of a knight) with mourner.
Subject:
History -- United States -- World War I
Homage -- Bacon, Robert
Figure group
Occupation -- Military -- Knight
Allegory -- Death
State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Harvard University, Harvard University Portrait Collection, Memorial Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Accession Number: S93
Remarks:
The Sacrifice is sometimes called the Bacon Memorial because Robert Bacon commissioned it to commemorate the Harvard men who died in World War I. When Bacon died, his widow asked Hoffman to continue work on the sculpture as a memorial to her husband as well.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Harvard University, 1991.
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 77001980
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
77001980
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