Repose

1928

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows three nude figures. One is on their side holding a bottle or mug, with long dark hair and visible facial features. The second figure is reclining, also with dark hair and prominent facial features. The third figure sits with a hand on their cheek in a thoughtful pose. The background has hazy, undefined structures in black strokes, contrasting with the figures' lighter skin.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.6 x 24 cm (6 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.5 x 30.6 cm (10 1/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.99.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hom Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740), purchased January 16, 1971; gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern American Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014-2015

Bibliography

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, p. 300, no. 81.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: MAX WEBER; lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: Repose $26

Markings

stamepd: RCK; stamped: MW [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q76348679

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