Mother and Child

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a printed card with a stylized depiction of two figures within an ornate rectangular frame. The figures are shown from the waist up, with one figure slightly turned to the side, cradling the other close. The drawing style is abstract, with simplified lines defining their features and clothing. Both figures have elongated facial features and are in draped clothing resembling robes. The frame has geometric patterns. Above the illustration is a handwritten message in black ink, reading: "Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year from Frances and Max(e)." The background is tan, and the signature "Max Weber" is seen beneath the illustration.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.64 × 4.76 cm (4 3/16 × 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.45 × 20.48 cm (9 5/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.45

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 20

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Swann Galleries, New York, March 8, 2001, sale 1891, lot 582); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2001; 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.

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, p. 165-167, no. 20.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER; upper right in black ink: Best wishes for a / Merry Christmas and / A Happy New Year / from Francis and Max W.

Wikidata ID

Q77015809

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