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Artist Max Weber (American, 1881-1961)
Date1956
DimensionsSlipcase: H: 10 3/16 in. (258 mm); W: 6 7/8 in. (175 mm); Depth: 3/4 in. (19 mm).
Book: H: 9 7/8 in. (251 mm); W: 6 3/4 in. (172 mm); Depth: 11/16 in. (17 mm).
Page: H: 9 15/16 in. (252 mm); W: 6 3/8 in. (162 mm).
MediumOriginal prints: 34 woodcuts and linoleum cuts in brown on off-white china (?) paper. Text: letterpress on white wove paper.
ClassificationBooks
Credit LineGift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number
1984.1181
Not on View
Label TextWeber was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 10 years old, eventually studying art at the Pratt Institute and then in Paris. There, from 1905 to 1909, he encountered new developments in European art, like the birth of Cubism. During the 1920s his work often paid homage to such European artists as Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Rousseau, as well as to tribal African art. These influences are seen in his expressive style that abstracts and simplifies the human figure. Weber wrote in the foreword to this book,"Most of the woodcuts in this volume were made from the walls of honeycomb cases. The soft silk-like quality of the basswood had a strong plastic appeal."

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