Signed, on surface of base: Malvina Hoffman-1915 c
Inscribed, on back of base: Roman Bronze Works N.Y.
Bronze
Gift of George G. Booth
19.54
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.