Woman Seated at Table
1919-1920
Medium
color woodcut on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 10.64 × 4.92 cm (4 3/16 × 1 15/16 in.) sheet: 25.56 × 16.99 cm (10 1/16 × 6 11/16 in.) mount: 27.94 × 17.78 cm (11 × 7 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn
Accession Number
2015.114.12
Art Historical Context
In the intimate "Woman Seated at Table created by Max Weber between 9 and 1920 we encounter a modernist gem rendered in color woodcut on wove. This diminutive print—measuring just 10.64 × 4.92 cm—captures a quiet domestic moment, evoking the everyday poetry of early 20th-century life. Housed in the National Gallery Art as a generous gift from Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, it exemplifies Weber's exploration of printmaking amid the vibrant New York art scene. Max Weber, a Russian-born Jewish immigrant who became a pivotal figure in American modernism, drew from Cubism, Expressionism, and his cult...
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....