M0005215: "Kashmiri in Attitude of Meditation", bronze figure by Malvina Hoffman

Date:
30 June 1937
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/42/51
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Bronze figure of Kashmiri in Meditation by Malvina Hoffman

Description

Photograph of "Kashmiri in Attitude of Meditation", a bronze figure created as part of a series of 104 sculptures by Malvina Hoffman, commissioned by the Fields Museum, Chicago for the exhibition "The Races of Mankind", which opened in 1933.

Publication/Creation

30 June 1937

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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Where to find it

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