Max Weber American, 1881-1961
Abstract Still Life, c. 1914
Pastel on paper
21 x 17 inches
53.3 x 43.2 cm
53.3 x 43.2 cm
Inscribed at lower right by the artist's wife: MAX WEBER (FW)
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Max Weber created a transparency effect in Abstract Still Life (c. 1914) that anticipates subsequent critical developments by artists including Man Ray's Rayographs (1920s) and Francis Picabia's transparencies (1928–31). The...
Max Weber created a transparency effect in Abstract Still Life (c. 1914) that anticipates subsequent critical developments by artists including Man Ray's Rayographs (1920s) and Francis Picabia's transparencies (1928–31). The significance of this work in Weber's oeuvre has been recognized by major institutions. It was included in the important 1991–93 exhibition Max Weber: The Cubist Decade, 1910–1920 organized by the High Museum in Atlanta, which later traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Brooklyn Museum; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Provenance
The artist; toEstate of the artist, 1961; to
Max Weber Foundation, 2021 until the present
Exhibitions
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Inc., New York, Max Weber: Early Works on Paper, April 27—May 15, 1971, no. 42, illus. p. 23High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, Max Weber: The Cubist Decade, 1910–1920, December 10, 1991–April 25, 1993, no. 43
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, Max Weber: Painting the Object, Four Decades of Still Life Painting, May 8–26, 2006
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, Max Weber, Music, Art and Dance: Paintings, Works on Paper, Sculpture and Prints, May 6–June 11, 2010
Schoelkopf Gallery, New York, Max Weber: Art and Life Are Not Apart, January 19–April 5, 2024
Literature
William C. Agee and Pamela N. Koob, Max Weber & American Cubism, New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2023, p. 46, pl. 18, illus. in color p. 47, as 191415
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