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Crouching Nude

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names

Max Weber

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

The image shows a series of overlapping, rounded shapes and diagonal lines that create movement across the composition. The abstract artwork features elongated forms that might resemble a reclining figure. Dark and light contrasts accentuate the shapes, evoking images of a body at rest or folded fabric. The textured application and interplay of dark and light areas enhance its abstract quality.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color woodcut on wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 4.9 × 10.5 cm (1 15/16 × 4 1/8 in.)
sheet: 25.6 × 17.1 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4980
Catalogue Raisonné

Rubenstein 2013, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

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

Q76441628

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