The Visit

1917

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image displays angular shapes and curvilinear lines forming an abstract composition. Dominated by rectangles, triangles, and circles, the scene resembles an arrangement of furniture and figures. Shapes suggest objects such as tables, curtains, and figures adorned in garment-like patterns. The colors are rich and varied, featuring bold reds, deep greens, and softer earth tones, creating an indoor space that defies realistic representation.
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, until at least 1959.[1] Loretta and Robert K. Lifton.[2] (Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York); purchased 1979 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] The artist lent the painting to a 1959 exhibition.
[2] The Liftons lent the painting to exhibitions in 1975 and 1977.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1946

  • Pioneers of Modern Art in American, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 9 April - 19 May 1946, no. 171.

1949

  • Max Weber Retrospective Exhibition, Whtiney Museum of American Art, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1949, no. 22.

1951

  • Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Architecture Building, University of Illinois, Urbana, 4 March - 15 April 1951, no catalogue, as Family Reunion, according to label on painting.

1955

  • A Collector's Choice, American Federation of Arts, New York, September 1955 - September 1956, no. 38.

1959

  • Max Weber Retrospective Exhibition, Newark Museum, 1 October - 15 November 1959, no. 25.

1975

  • Max Weber, Forum Gallery, New York, 25 October - 14 November 1975, no. 13, as The Visit: A Family Reunion.

1977

  • 20th Century American Art from Friends' Collections, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 27 July - 27 September 1977, unnumbered brochure.

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.

1991

  • Max Weber: The Cubist Decade, 1910-1920, High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Brooklyn Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991-1993, no. 70, repro., as The Visit (A Family Reunion) (shown only in Atlanta, Houston, and Washington).

2004

  • Figuratively Speaking: The Human Form in American Art, 1770-1950, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 November 2004 - 7 August 2005, unpublished checklist, as The Visit (A Family Reunion).

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 77 (shown only in Washington).

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1981

  • Lewis, Jo Ann. "Artful Acquisitions at the Corcoran." The Washington Post (1981): B3.

2004

  • Nygren, Edward J., "American Genre: Its Changing Form and Content," in Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery (Washington, D.C., 2004): 18, 189, fig. 15.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 323, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: MAX WEBER 1917

Wikidata ID

Q46633782

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