The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Pavlova Dancing the Gavotte
1915
sculptor
(American, 1887–1966)
Overall: 35.6 cm (14 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
A pavlova is a meringue-based dessert inspired by the shape of ballerina Anna Pavlova's tutu.Description
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.- Mrs. Henry A. Everett
- Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. cat. #47, p. 47, repr.Ausherman, Maria, Masters of Shape: The Lives and Art of American Women Sculptors. (Novato, CA: Goff Books, 2022). Reproduced p. 130.
- Object in Focus: Malvina Hoffman, Bacchanale. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 8-March 10, 2002).The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).Art Deco. The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (organizer) (December 2, 1973-January 27, 1974).Sculpture of Our Time. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5-December 5, 1937).Gorham Gallery, May, 1915.
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