
Collection Online as of September 29, 2023
(American, 1881–1961)
Color linocut on Chinese paper
Support: Chinese paper
Image: 6.7 x 2.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1071
not on view
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.