Mother Love

1920 (printed 1950)

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image depicts abstract shapes and figures in a reddish-brown hue. The style is reminiscent of expressionism with bold outlines and a textured appearance. Overlapping shapes suggest movement and interaction within a rectangular composition. The figures are formed by curved lines and blocks of color, creating ambiguity. The use of space and form creates depth and complexity. It is in the style of Erich Heckel.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 12.38 × 5.4 cm (4 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
    sheet (folded): 18.1 × 9.37 cm (7 1/8 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.58

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 35

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Swann Galleries, New York, May 2, 2002, sale 1934, lot 764); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2002; 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, pp. 45, 214-218, fig. 11, no. 35.

Inscriptions

upper left corner in black ink: Season's Greetings / from Max Weber and family / 1950

Wikidata ID

Q77015828

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