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World-renowned Malvina Hoffman (1885- 

 1966) was commissioned to do one of the 

 most ambitious sculpture groups in the 

 history of art — "The Races of Man " — for the 

 Field Museum in the early 1930s. The 

 Museum had at first planned to hire several 

 sculptors to create in bronze racial types 

 from around the world. But Hoffman con- 

 vinced the Museum that several sculptors 

 together could not produce a consistent, 

 balanced exhibit. Her bronzes went on view 

 in the Hall of Man (now the Hall of Past, 

 Present, and Future) on June 6, 1933, and 

 remained there until 1967. A selection of her 

 finer pieces continue to be on view at 

 various locations in the Museum today. 



Above, she poses in the garden of her 

 Paris studio with Stanley Field, president of 

 Field Museum 1908-1964. At left, Hoffman's 

 studio assistants Jean Limet (left) and his 

 father are shown with studies of some of the 

 bronzes. Both photos ca. 1932. Aeo305.A82962 



