Portrait of Giovanni Boldini
Malvina Hoffman
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Painted plaster
DIMENSIONS
20 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (51.4 x 27.1 x 27 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Inscribed on proper left side of pedestal: "Boldini / MALVINA HOFFMAN / PARIS 1926[?]"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
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?)
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Malvina Hoffman (American, 1885–1966). Portrait of Giovanni Boldini. Painted plaster, 20 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (51.4 x 27.1 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 28.424. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 28.424.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 28.424.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Estate of Malvina Hoffman
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