Object number2023.23
The Sculptress (Clothed)
Date1951
Artist
Max Weber
(American, born Russia (now Poland), 1881-1961)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
Framed: 26 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 2 in. (67.9 x 78.1 x 5.1 cm)
Framed: 26 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 2 in. (67.9 x 78.1 x 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Brenda Mintz Oestreich
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned lower right edge: MAX WEBER
InscribedOn the reverse, on a typed Downtown Gallery label affixed to the upper stretcher and a Gerald Peters Gallery label affixed to the frame: MAX WEBER / THE SCULPRESS / 1951/ OIL / 24 X 20 / EIII [DG label] NY-05961-01-C [GP label]; on an unidentified label: 2326
MarkingsOn the reverse, stamped on the upper stretcher bar in ink: DG[encircled] JUL 1964
ProvenanceAcquired directly from the artistExhibition HistoryNew York City: Paintings 1913-1963 by American Artists, Downtown Gallery, New York, NY, May 12 - June 5, 1964
DescriptionDepiction of a female figure in an interior with dark hair seated in a white dress working on a sculpture to her left. The work is composed of bold, quick, slashing lines of black and white outlines with swatches of blues, green, orange, red, pink, and purple applied in varying methods of brushwork.
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Peter Henry Emerson
1886
Culture: English
