Head of a Man

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

Artist, American, born Russia (now Poland), 1881 - 1961

The image shows a rectangular frame enclosing abstract shapes and lines forming a stylized human face. Elongated oval shapes represent eyes, while the nose and mouth are depicted with extended rectangular forms. Around the face, horizontal and vertical lines, as well as blocks of color like blue, purple, and brown, suggest a sense of patterned fabric or tile. The composition resembles a tribal mask or a figure crafted from wood, embedded within a grid-like background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.64 × 4.92 cm (4 3/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.97 × 16.19 cm (9 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Keith Sheridan, New York); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2002; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Broom: An International Magazine of the Arts 3, no. 1 (August 1922).

1956

  • Weber, Max. Woodcuts and Linoleum Blocks. New York: E. Weyhe, 1956.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 170-172, no. 22.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Max Weber

Wikidata ID

Q75407196

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