Spuyten Duyvil
1928
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lithograph in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 11.5 × 19.7 cm (4 1/2 × 7 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.6 × 22.9 cm (6 15/16 × 9 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.4983
Art Historical Context
**Spuyten Duyvil**, a striking 1928 lithograph by Max Weber captures the essence of New York City's northern reaches in crisp black ink on wove paper. Measuring just 11.5 × 19.7 cm, this intimate print depicts the rugged landscape of Spuyten Duy—a historic inlet where the Harlem River meets the, named after a 17th-century Dutch legend a daring boatman who "spouted the devil" to navigate treacherous waters. Weber, a-born modernist painter who immigrated to the U.S. in 1891, was deeply influenced by Cubism, Synchromism, and Jewish mysticism, blending geometric abstraction with emotional depth in...
About the Artist
Max Weber
Max Weber (1881–1961), born in Białystok in the Russian Empire (now Poland) to Orthodox Jewish parents, immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, at age ten with his family, joining his tailor father.) There, he pursued art studies at the Pratt Institute under Arthur Wesley Dow, an innovative teacher who emphasized expression and form over traditional narrative, drawing from Japanese art and Paul Gauguin....