Rabbi Reading
1919-1920
Artist, American, born Poland, 1881 - 1961

Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored woodcut on wove paper mounted to paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 10.8 × 4.92 cm (4 1/4 × 1 15/16 in.)
sheet: 11.43 × 5.4 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
mount: 12.38 × 10.48 cm (4 7/8 × 4 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.114.33
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Catalogue Raisonné
Rubenstein 2013, no. 15
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Arnold Newman; (Christie's, New York, February 9, 2007, sale 1800, lot 44); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2007; 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 left in graphite: Best wishes to / my friend Arnold Newman; lower right in graphite: Max Weber
Wikidata ID
Q77015786