Seated Woman

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a painting of a person depicted from the waist up. The person is seated or positioned in a reflective stance, with their arms crossing or resting in front of them. The face features a long, orange-toned nose, black eyebrows, closed eyes, and red lips. The hair is abstract with black, gray, and blue patches against a lighter background. The attire is reddish-brown with light accents, suggesting a long-sleeved garment. The hands are intertwined with elongated fingers. There are no visible items of jewelry or objects. The background is neutral with brown and green touches, framing the central figure. The image is on a plain, textured surface with the artist's signature "Max Weber" below the frame.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.64 × 5.08 cm (4 3/16 × 2 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 15.08 cm (9 × 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.34

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 16


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christie's, New York, July 31, 2008, sale 2019, lot 55); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2008; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

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.

2013

  • Rubenstein, Daryl R. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2013, pp. 155-157, no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q77015790

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