Sculpture Figure

1928

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a line drawing of a person seen from the back. The person is standing with legs apart and one arm positioned above their head. The figure's facial features are not visible, and the hair is short. The individual is unclothed, and the body contours and muscle outline are depicted through simple lines. There are no visible accessories. The background is plain and monochromatic, emphasizing the simplicity of the drawing. The paper's texture is visible, and there is a border framing the edges.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 8.9 cm (7 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 26.04 × 17.3 cm (10 1/4 × 6 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3445

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 59

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Downtown Gallery, New York, 1929); Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 266-268, no. 59.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: M.W.; lower left in graphite: Max Weber; upper center margin in graphite by unknown hand: 3; lower left margin in graphite by unknown hand: 3; lower center margin in graphite by unknown hand: 3 1/2

Markings

stamped lower left verso in black ink: APR 1 1929

Wikidata ID

Q77010397

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