Standing Nude

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a linocut print featuring a full-body depiction of a person who is reclining. The person's position is stretched out, with one arm resting above their head and the other arm placed across their torso. The facial features are stylized and abstract, with exaggerated eyes, nose, and lips. The hair appears to be straight, falling onto the shoulders. The person is depicted with minimal clothing, shown through implied lines and shapes around the waist. The background features a patterned area that surrounds and borders the figure, contrasting with their form. The background inside the image is primarily filled with a simple, solid texture. There is text at the bottom of the image, reading "Max Weber."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 7.94 × 3.81 cm (3 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 25.72 × 16.51 cm (10 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.27

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bethesda Art Gallery, Glen Echo, Maryland); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990; 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: Max Weber; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: 6

Wikidata ID

Q77015775

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