Malvina Hoffman letters and photographs

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Malvina Hoffman letters and photographs

circa 1925-1937

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Letters, photographs, and an exhibition announcement. Four letters, undated, 1934 and 1937, are from Malvina Hoffman to Mrs. James Parmelee. Hoffman mentions the possibility of visiting Mrs. Parmelee in Washington, comments briefly on her career activities, and inquires about the health of Mrs. Parmelee and her husband. Photographs include six snapshots of Hoffman, photographed by Edith M. White, 1921, at Tyringham, Mass and two photographs of Hoffman wearing a beret, photographed by R. Parry (Roger Parry), Paris, ca. 1925. The exhibition announcement is autographed by Hoffman.

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Hoffman, Malvina Cornell, 1885-1966

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Malvina Cornell Hoffman, the American sculptor known for her life-size bronzes figures, portraits, and dance sculptures, was born in New York City on June 15, 1885. She was the youngest child of Richard Hoffman, an English concert pianist and teacher, and Fidelia Marshall Lamson Hoffman, an amateur pianist from a socially prominent New York family. From the beginning of her life Hoffman was immersed in an artistic and intellectual milieu, surrounded not only by her parents' music, but by a large...