Max Weber American, 1881-1961
Pewter Cup, 1929
Watercolor and pencil on paper
7½ x 9½ inches
19.1 x 24.1 cm
19.1 x 24.1 cm
Signed and dated at lower right: Max Weber 1929
Painted in 1929, Pewter Cup exemplifies Max Weber’s lifelong still life practice. Weber would later use the composition of the present watercolor in a series of lithographs titled Pewter Cup...
Painted in 1929, Pewter Cup exemplifies Max Weber’s lifelong still life practice. Weber would later use the composition of the present watercolor in a series of lithographs titled Pewter Cup (c. 1928-30). The recurrent presence of pewter cups in Weber’s still life practice underscores his appreciation for objects of significance within his surroundings. As Weber explained, “We are in things. I need a cup or a garment; so much of my life’s need is in them that they are essential to my life. (Max Weber, Essays on Art, New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1916, p. 33)
Provenance
The artist; toEstate of the artist, 1961; to
Max Weber Foundation, 2021 until the present
