Standing Nude

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image depicts abstract geometric shapes arranged in the form of a reclining figure. The figure includes a long oval shape for the face, rectangles for the limbs, and a combination of curved and straight lines for the body. The overall composition suggests a person resting on a surface, with one arm bent behind the head. The use of dark outlines and muted colors enhances the abstract quality of the image.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.1 × 3.97 cm (3 3/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 15.56 × 8.57 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, California); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2001; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1922

  • Broom: An International Magazine of the Arts 3, no. 1 (August 1922).

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. 11, 130-132, fig. 1, no. 8.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: M.W.

Wikidata ID

Q77015774

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