Talk:Malvina Hoffman

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Hi, does anybody know a full photographic documentation of Hoffman's 104 Hall of Man sculptures ? I'm very much interested in this topic. Unfortunately, Henry Field's account in the Anthropological Leaflet is incomplete. Thank you in advance.

I have been looking for such a list or publication for a long time and am pretty sure one does not exist. I even went to the Museum and they don't seem to know [or are not sharing] what they have. At any given time most of their pieces are in storage since the collection was broken up during the 1960s after being deemed racist - or some such thing. IS the booklet that you refer to the one from 1936 or so? From when it first opened? Additional details can be gleaned from "Heads and Tails" - Hoffamn's account of creating the works. What info do you have about this collection? I recently discovered a bust of a male Sioux in the Phoenix AZ Art Musuen that was probably part of the original collection, though it could also have been a second casting {assuming that the Field Museum got #1] Let's talk. Carptrash 02:42, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Images

Alright, I know this is an article on an artist and they tend to have quite a few pictures. However, at the moment, the article looks cluttered to me. I would to remove at least one of the pictures from this article, or increase the ammount of text. Any ideas? Kel-nage 13:51, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Good idea. I suggest that you add more text. Carptrash 20:30, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Miscellaneous

Significant to add details of her life in NYC between times she lived in Paris? In 1914 she first set up studio at the back of the curious Sniffen Court which extends south off of E 36th street between 3rd Ave and Lex. (Sniffen Court used as location for the cover shot of The Doors "Strange Days"). She sculpted the horseman reliefs at the back. Front entrance to her studio at 157(?) 35th street where there's a small historical plaque. Returned to Paris 1926(?) where she lived with violinist husband Samuel Grimson until divorce in 1936, then returned to Sniffen Court. Assume this is the studio she allegedly died in, but don't know for sure.

Cappycollins 21:21, 2 September 2007 (UTC)