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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1111
People
Malvina Cornell Hoffman, American (New York, NY 1885 - 1966 New York, NY)
Title
Vita Nuova
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1926
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229876

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Lost-wax process
Dimensions
27 x 15.9 x 14.6 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back, at bottom: Malvina Hoffman, Signed Date: 1926
  • inscription: diagonally from bottom front: Hic incipit vita nuova.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Purchased from the artist by Grenville L. Winthrop, 1939; his bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1111
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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