8x11 inches

NUDE Oil/board signed l/l  6x10 inches

10x13 inches

THE AMAZON 1897/1898 Bronze, 25 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 6 3/4 in., signed and with Leyrer, Munchen foundry mark. Illustrated in STUCK von . Text by Eva Mendgen. Taschen 1994 p. 66

Produced from the original plaster cast, by the Vesuvius Foundry with the authorization of the Renoir Foundation for the Arts and under the supervision of Jean-Emmanuel Renoir.   Provenance: Skinner, Boston, MS, October 15, 2005, lot 742a        

Daphne. Bronze, low relief. Signed (lower left) and dated 1977 Cast by Arrainor #11/50 . 27 x 24".

Hoffman Malvina (1887-1966) Hindu Incense Burner (Serge Oukrainsky) with attached incenser, parcel gilt bronze, signed and dated 1920 with foundry mark “Roman Bronze work NY”, 1/31. 11 inches high. (with enclosed signed photo by Serge Oukrainsky (1886-1972), born in Odessa, who started as a mime at the Paris Theatre du Chatelet. He toured with Pavlova 1913-1915, and became leading dancer, choreographer and director of the Chicago Opera before becoming ballet master and director of the San Francisco Ballet in 1937). Bibliography: The Woman Sculptor, Malvina Hoffman and her contemporaries, Berry-Hill Galleries, NY 1984 (#18 illustrated on p. 40). Provenance: Sotheby's , New York NY AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE UNITED STATES , 12 Sep 1994

'Russian Dancers' inscribed '© 1911 Malvina Hoffman' with the artist's device (on the base)--inscribed 'Roman Bronze Works N.Y.' (along the base) bronze with brown patina 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high Cast in 1911. Provenance: Christie’s Sale 2342  lot128 Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 28 September 2010 New York, Rockefeller Plaza; Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts: The Collection John W. Mecom, Jr., Houston, Texas. Sotheby's, New York, 21 September 1994, lot 95.Private collection, Europe. Private collection, Switzerland. Sale: Phillips, de Pury & Company, New York, 21 May 2002, lot 53. Acquired by the previous owner from the above. Literature: M.B. Hill, The Woman Sculptor: Malvina Hoffman and Her Contemporaries, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1984, p. 20, another example illustrated. The present work was modeled as an homage to the celebrated Russian dancer, Pavlova. The artist paired Pavlova with Mikhail Mordkin and chose to depict them dancing to Autumn Bacchanal, the music of Alexander Galzunov.

''La Gavotte': A Bronze Figure of Anna Pavlova
inscribed '1915/© MALVINA HOFFMAN' (on the base)--stamped 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS INC. N.Y.' (along the base) bronze with brown patina and parcel gildling 14 in. (35.6 cm.) high Provenance: The artist, Estate of the above. Acquired by the previous owner from the above, 1979. Christie’s Sale 2467 Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 27 September 2011 lot65 New York, Rockefeller Plaza

Arbuscula. Ink, pencil and wash drawing. Signed with initials. 6 x 4". Reproduced in G. Vuillier "A History of Dancing  from the Earliest Ages to our own  Times" 1898. Exhibited in  Victoria and Albert Museum, exhibition of  A. Beardsley,1966.  In original xvii century hand-carved and blackened English frame