Figure Composition

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image consists of bold, angular shapes and curved lines within a rectangular frame, creating an abstract figure-like form. The central figure is outlined with thick black lines and softened with green and orange accents, resembling a person with exaggerated features. The piece has an abstract art style, inviting viewers to perceive it as a stylized human form caught in motion or a glass mosaic with interlocking segments.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.64 × 5.24 cm (4 3/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.13 × 16.03 cm (9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Swann Galleries, New York, March 9, 2000, sale 1853, lot 635); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2000; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1956

  • Weber, Max. Woodcuts and Linoleum Blocks. New York: E. Weyhe, 1956.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, p. 133-137, no. 9.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q77015777

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