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Portrait

1919–20

Max Weber

(American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Poland], 1881–1961)
Culture
America
Medium
color woodcut on Chinese paper
Support
Chinese paper
Measurements
Image: 10.5 x 4.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23.6 x 15.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1072
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This print was reproduced as an illustration for a short story published in a 1922 issue of the avant-garde journal Broom.

Description

The American artist Max Weber was deeply influenced by non-Western art, including African masks that he viewed at Parisian museums and Japanese prints, which he learned about as a student. Around 1919, he began to combine these interests in a series of relief prints, such as the one seen here. Weber deconstructed the human figure into component parts, emphasizing its simplicity and geometry.

Portrait

1919–20

Max Weber

(American, born Kingdom of Prussia [now Poland], 1881–1961)
America

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