Elemental Man - Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This statue was made by artist Malvina Hoffman in 1936 and is called "The Struggle of Elemental Man".

In 1930, Stanley Field, the nephew of "The Field Museum" Founder, Marshall Field I, commissioned artist Malvina Hoffman to sculpt and cast bronze figures depicting the peoples of the world. "The Races of Mankind" is the largest singly-commissioned body of her work and consists of 104 busts, heads, and life-sized figures. In preparation for the exhibit, Hoffman and her husband, S. B. Grimson, traveled throughout the world to find authentic models for the sculptures. In 1936 Hoffman divorced Grimson and returned from Paris to her Sniffen Court residence and studio in New York. For the next three decades she continued to work out of her New York studio, producing a number of notable sculptures. On July 19, 1966, Hoffman died at her home in Manhattan.

TITLE: Elemental Man ARTIST(S): Malvina Hoffman DATE: 01/011936 MEDIUM: cast bronze CONTROL NUMBER: 76004406 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: College of Law located at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: In the database it is listed as being called "Elemental Man", however, through the research I did, it is listed as being called "The Struggle of Elemental Man". Not sure which is correct. This sculpture is located between law bldgs. on the S.U. Campus.

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