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Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows a person's full body standing upright with hands clasped in front of the chest. The face is depicted with geometric shapes and lines. The hair is long and dark, styled angularly. The person is depicted in a minimalist style in various shades of brown. There are textured areas and swatches of blue and red around the figure. The background is off-white with hints of blue and earthy tones, creating a textured effect.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color linocut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 22.9 x 7 cm (9 x 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.19

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 32

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sotheby's, New York, May 3, 1996, sale 6840, lot 304); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

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

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 72.

Bibliography

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 44, 198-204, fig. 10, no. 32.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q75407286

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