Harvard Art Museums > S93: The Sacrifice Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Sacrifice (Malvina Cornell Hoffman) , S93,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 09, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305465. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number S93 People Malvina Cornell Hoffman, American (New York, NY 1885 - 1966 New York, NY) Title The Sacrifice Other Titles Former Title: Bacon Memorial Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 1922 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305465 Physical Descriptions Medium Caen marble Technique Carved Dimensions 213.4 x 377.2 x 179.1 cm (84 x 148 1/2 x 70 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: right; upper part of base: Malvina Hoffman:/Fecit 1922 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. Robert Bacon to the University, 1922 Object Number S93 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Contemporary American Sculpture, exh. cat., Press of the Kalkhoff Company (New York, NY, 1929), p. 152 Susan Martis, "Passion and Valor in Malvina Hoffman's Sculptures from the Interwar Years", Essays on Women's Artistic and Cultural Contributions for the New Woman Following the First World War, ed. Paula Birnbaum and Anna Novakov (Lewiston, 2009), p. 153, fig. 3.6. Patricia Phagan, Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Ventures, exh. cat., Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY, 2021), pp. 104-106, fig. 46, ill. (b/w) Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
