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Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Boy and Panther Cub

Boy and Panther Cub

1915
(American, 1887–1966)
Overall: 171.5 cm (67 1/2 in.)
Location: WT West Terrace

Did You Know?

The tender relationship between the boy and panther cub depicted here suggests harmony between humankind and nature.

Description

Female American artist Malvina Hoffman created this garden sculpture featuring a male youth holding a small panther cub with his left arm while dangling a bunch of grapes over its open mouth. This particular bronze cast was commissioned by prominent Cleveland industrialist John L. Severance and was given to the museum after his death.
  • John L. Severance, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • 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. #48, p. 48, repr.
    Ausherman, Maria, Masters of Shape: The Lives and Art of American Women Sculptors. (Novato, CA: Goff Books, 2022). Mentioned and reproduced p. 126.
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 32, cat. no. 30 archive.org
    Conner, Janis C. Conner Rosenkranz LLC: 19th & 20th Century American Sculpture. New York, NY: Conner Rosenkranz LLC, 2013. Mentioned: p. 41
    Czajkowski, Alexandra. “Exploring the Fine Arts Garden.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 38-39. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 39.
  • The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).
    Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=Boy and Panther Cub|url=false|author=Malvina Hoffman|year=1915|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.797