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Senegalese Soldier

Artist: Malvina Hoffman, American, 1887-1966
Medium: Black stone
Dates: 1928
Dimensions: 20 x 10 x 15 in. (50.8 x 25.4 x 38.1 cm)
Signature: Inscribed on proper back of neck: "MALVINA HOFFMAN / © 1928"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 28.385
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 28.385_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Over life-sized head of an African man truncated at the neck with exaggerated and stylized features; figure has large mouth, broad nose, furrowed brow, and a mustache; his closely cropped hair is styled into three rings at top of head; surface of skin is smooth and highly polished, hair is roughly textured. Condition: Good

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