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1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image displays dark, bold lines and angular shapes that fill a rectangular space. The abstract artwork creates forms resembling silhouettes of human figures, faces, draped clothing, along with triangular and circular patterns reminiscent of mountainous terrains or trees. The overall effect is a tableau of familiar objects, their true forms abstracted and enigmatic.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 4.8 x 11.4 cm (1 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 16.5 x 10.6 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.120.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland; acquired 1998 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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, p. 128, no. 6.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q75422024

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