Woman Seated at Table

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows a stylized depiction of a person from the waist up, either seated or standing. The individual has one hand near the face and the other holding a cup. The facial features are abstract with a long nose and closed eyes. The hair is slicked back. The attire is textured or patterned. In the background, there is an open window or structural frame. The artwork has a consistent texture throughout, framed by a border, and is rendered in a monochromatic color scheme on textured, light-colored paper.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.64 × 4.92 cm (4 3/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 × 22.07 cm (14 × 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.43

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, New York, September 25, 2002, sale 1111, lot 229); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2002; 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. 162-164, no. 19.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: M.W.

Wikidata ID

Q77015805

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