Head

1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image is a monochromatic artwork featuring a close-up of a person's face, with only the face and part of the neck visible. The individual is depicted in a frontal position with stylized facial features, including large, rounded eyes with prominent eyelids and thick horizontal eyebrows. The nose is elongated and broad, and the mouth is small. The hair appears textured with parallel lines and flows down the sides of the face. There is no visible jewelry or objects held, as it focuses solely on the facial features. The background is a plain, textured surface with the name "Max Weber" inscribed at the bottom right. The overall style is abstract and heavily stylized, with a rustic appearance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    linocut in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.84 × 6.83 cm (3 7/8 × 2 11/16 in.)
    sheet (folded): 22.54 × 15.72 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.114.61

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 36


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Swann Galleries, New York, April 27, 2010, sale 2212, lot 308); Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland, 2010; 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. 219, no. 36.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite by unknown hand: MAX WEBER

Wikidata ID

Q77015833

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