Crouching Nude

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows an abstract composition with textured patches and shapes forming a roughly outlined seated human figure. The figure is made up of various shades including browns, reds, and blacks. The abstract design allows for interpretation of the figure as having arms wrapped around bent knees. Blotchy and uneven lines add to the abstraction, with splashes of color like yellow and deep purple accentuating the figure.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Rosenwald Collection)

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.2 x 4.8 cm (4 x 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.8 x 15.9 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.61.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • Max Weber's Modern Vision, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000.

Bibliography

1926

  • Weber, Max. Primitives: Poems and Woodcuts. New York: Spiral Press, 1926.

1956

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

2002

  • Burk, Efram L. "A Singular Vision: Max Weber's Artist Book, Primitives." Southeastern College Art Conference Review 14, no. 2 (2002): 127-136.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 121-127, no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q65575346

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