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Bacchanale Russe

1912
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 757
Hoffman’s inspiration for Bacchanale Russe stemmed from the work of Anna Pavlova (1881–1931), whom she first saw perform in July 1910 with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes at the Palace Theatre in London. In this statuette, modeled in Paris in summer 1912, Pavlova and Mikhail Mordkin (1880–1944) are depicted beginning the Bacchanale, a ballet choreographed to the autumn section of The Seasons by Aleksandr Glazunov. Hoffman distilled brilliantly a moment of action as the figures move forward together holding a billowing cloth.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bacchanale Russe
  • Artist: Malvina Cornell Hoffman (American, New York 1885–1966 New York)
  • Date: 1912
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Edition: from an edition of 9 + 3 posthumous casts
  • Dimensions: 14 1/4 × 9 × 8 1/2 in. (36.2 × 22.9 × 21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.145.40
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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