Surprise
Maker and role
Artist: Max Weber, American, born Russia (now Poland), 1881-1961
Year
1910
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Gouache on board
Measurements
47 1/2 x 24 1/2in (120.7 x 62.2cm)
Credit line
Gift of Alice N. Hanszen
Accession number
1973.19
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
Three nude female figures, perhaps bathers, dominate a blue expanse. Compressed and overlapping, one figure squats low, one faces the viewer, and a third gestures in profile as if conversing. Angular features, tonal contrasting colors, and an oblong composition unify the figures.
Max Weber traveled from New York to Paris in 1904 and studied with artists Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Rousseau. While in Paris, he witnessed the beginning stages of Cubism, an artistic movement characterized by fractured viewpoints and abstracted forms. Weber returned to the United States in 1909 and remained interested in Cubism for the remainder of his artistic career.
Max Weber traveled from New York to Paris in 1904 and studied with artists Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Rousseau. While in Paris, he witnessed the beginning stages of Cubism, an artistic movement characterized by fractured viewpoints and abstracted forms. Weber returned to the United States in 1909 and remained interested in Cubism for the remainder of his artistic career.
Documentation
Collecting: A Texas Phenomenon; 1986; p. 73; no. 10
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 146
Naked: The Nude in America; Bram Dijkstra (b.1938); 2010; p. 272, 275; fig. IX, 1
Models & Muses: Max Weber and the Figure; 2012; p. 46-47; no. 8
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 146
Naked: The Nude in America; Bram Dijkstra (b.1938); 2010; p. 272, 275; fig. IX, 1
Models & Muses: Max Weber and the Figure; 2012; p. 46-47; no. 8
Signature & date
Signed l.r.: Max Weber
Dated l.r.: 1910
Dated l.r.: 1910
Subject period
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1973.19 Weber\Naked, The Nude in America.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1973.19 Weber\Collecting Texas Phenomenon 1986.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Paintings\1973.19 Weber\Collecting Texas Phenomenon 1986.pdf
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