Crouching Nude

1919-1920

Max Weber

Associated Names
Max Weber

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

The image consists of abstract shapes forming a figure that appears to be crouching. The use of curved and angled lines in soft, earthy tones with textured brush strokes suggests a human form. The artwork depicts a crouching figure with elements resembling human gestures, such as a back curve or elbow bend, in a stylized and abstract way. The strokes and colors create depth and texture, with darker tones implying hair or shadow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color woodcut on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Daryl and Lee Rubenstein

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.8 × 4.76 cm (4 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.81 × 16.83 cm (9 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.60.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rubenstein 2013, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2000

  • Max Weber's Modern Vision, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000.

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. 121-127, no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Max Weber

Wikidata ID

Q65575343

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