Essays on Art

1916

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

William Edwin Rudge

Printer, American, 1903 - 1983

This is a drawing of an abstract symmetrical design and text. The image features an abstract design of two identical, stylized figures in a mirrored position, each with a gentle facial expression and simplified features. Their bodies are composed in a way that their legs and arms curve into one another, forming a symmetrical pattern in the center of the image. The figures are outlined in bold black lines on a plain beige background. Below the design are the words "ESSAYS ON ART" and "MAX WEBER," also in black, with unique stylized letters.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume in paper wrapper with front cover design and 2 vignettes

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    book (closed): 26.35 × 18.42 × 0.95 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.22


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ars Libri, Boston, Massachusetts); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1916

  • Weber, Max. Essays on Art. New York, 1926.

Inscriptions

top of title page in black ink: With kindest regards and high esteem to / my friend Dr Paul J. Sachs / Max Weber; lower right corner of title page in black ink: Great Neck, L.I. / November 5, 1954


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