Artist/Maker
Malvina Cornell Hoffman
(American, 1887 – 1966)
Depicted
Malvina Cornell Hoffman
(American, 1887 – 1966)
Self-Portrait
1929
Plaster with nails
Overall: 22 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (57.2 × 29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Miss Malvina Hoffman, through Barbara M. Hoffman
1984.89
Malvina Hoffman trained with the renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Here she depicts herself with classically styled hair in an idealized profile reminiscent of Greco-Roman portraiture. Hoffman honed her anatomically correct approach to sculpture while dissecting cadavers at New York’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
DescriptionSelf-portraitSignedSigned on proper right side: "MH / 1929 / NY"
ClassificationsSCULPTURE