Mother Love

1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a monochromatic artwork depicting two stylized figures from the chest up. The larger figure is positioned closely above and behind the smaller one. Both figures have simplified, angular facial features, prominent eyes and noses, and flowing hair. They wear patterned garments and are in a protective or comforting posture. Various objects and geometric shapes are below them, possibly representing a table setting. Abstract shapes and lines fill the background. The bottom section is blank with a signature "Max Weber" on the lower right. The entire composition is framed.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown on laid paper mounted to paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.69 × 5.4 cm (7 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 25.88 × 17.15 cm (10 3/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
    mount: 27.94 × 17.78 cm (11 × 7 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 35

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Forum Gallery, New York); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2011; 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

lower right in graphite: MAX WEBER; upper left verso mount in graphite by unknown hand: 3

Wikidata ID

Q77015830

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