Rabbi Reading

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows a stylized representation of a person seated and facing forward. The figure has angular, abstract facial features, a beard, and a long nose. They wear a broad red hat and a robe-like garment in earthy tones. The person holds an open book close to their chest. The background consists of abstract shapes and lines in blues, greens, and browns. The artwork is minimalistic with a wooden frame surrounding the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.48 × 4.92 cm (4 1/8 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.81 × 16.83 cm (9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.32

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, California); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2000; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1956

  • Weber, Max. Woodcuts and Linoleum Blocks. New York: E. Weyhe, 1956.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 38, 152-154, fig. 6, no. 15.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q77015784

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