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Pavlova Dancing the Gavotte
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About this work
Sculptor Malvina Hoffman met the acclaimed Russian ballerina Ana Pavlova in New York during the spring of 1914. This bronze rendering of the dancer, posed with broadly outstretched arms, was created the following year. At the time, Pavlova was attempting to popularize a Russian version of the French folk dance known as the gavotte.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePavlova Dancing the Gavotte, 1915. Malvina Hoffman (American, 1887–1966). Bronze; overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection, 1923.725
