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1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image shows a close-up of a person's face, focusing on the head and shoulders. The person is depicted in a forward-facing position. The facial features include large, oval eyes with prominent eyebrows, and the face appears to have a beard, stylized in brown and white lines. The person is wearing a hat that is golden-brown in color. The background of the image features abstract shapes in various colors, including purple, red, blue, and green. There is no visible jewelry or objects the person is holding in this image. The artwork is framed by a purple border, and the artist's name, Max Weber, is visible at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color linocut on laid paper mounted to paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 6 x 5.1 cm (2 3/8 x 2 in.)
    sheet (sight): 24.77 × 17.78 cm (9 3/4 × 7 in.)
    mount (sight): 27.94 × 17.78 cm (11 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 34

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 1998; 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.

Bibliography

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, p. 213, no. 34.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q75425185

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