The Embrace

1932

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a black and white drawing showing two nude figures embracing. The figures are depicted with sketch-like detail, both having dark, curly hair. They are standing closely together facing each other, arms wrapped around one another. The drawing has minimal surrounding details and is framed with inscriptions beneath the figures. The artwork is on a textured, light-colored paper with some small, scattered spots.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of George Biddle, 1974)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.37 × 8.89 cm (7 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 16.51 cm (11 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.2551

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 108

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Biddle, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 33

1982

  • Modernist Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, no. 33

Bibliography

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, p. 332, no. 108.

Inscriptions

lower center on stone: M.W.; lower right in graphite: Max Weber; lower center in graphite: To George and Helaine, with love from / Max

Wikidata ID

Q77008752

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