La Gavotte, 1915

  • Malvina Hoffman, American, 1887-1966
  • Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., founded 1899, active 19th-20th century

Bronze

  • Overall: 14 × 7 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (35.6 × 19.4 × 19.1 cm) Overall (base): 4 7/8 × 3 inches (12.4 × 7.6 cm)

Gift of George G. Booth

19.54

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed, on surface of base: Malvina Hoffman-1915 c

Inscribed, on back of base: Roman Bronze Works N.Y.

George G. Booth

1919-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Arts and Decoration, Vol. 5. New York, 1914-1915, p. 327 (ill. of an unidentified example). Hoffman, Malvina. Heads and Tales. New York, 1936, p.60 (ill. of unidentified example). Arts and Crafts in Detroit: 1906-1976. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 96, no. 76 (ill.). Tolles, Thayer. American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Between 1865 and 1885. New York, 1999, p. 736, no. 367 (ill. of wax casting in the MMA).

Malvina Hoffman; Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., La Gavotte, 1915, bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of George G. Booth, 19.54.