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Portrait of Giovanni Boldini
- Artist: Malvina Hoffman, American, 1887-1966
- Medium: Painted plaster
- Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (51.4 x 27.1 x 27 cm)
- Signature: Inscribed on proper left side of pedestal: "Boldini / MALVINA HOFFMAN / PARIS 1926[?]"
- Collections: American Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 28.424
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist
- Catalogue Description: Bust portrait of an old man with a mustache, bald pate and short hair; wearing a suit jacket and bowtie; face turned slightly to the left; heavy jowels; rests on a continuous, simple pedestal base; loosely modeled sculpture, painted a bronze color. Condition: Good, greenish powdery substance in crevices (painted to imitate patina?)
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum