Figure
Artist
Max Weber
(Polish/American, 1881 - 1961)
Date1915
MediumPastel and charcoal on laid paper
Dimensions24 1/2 x 18 5/8 in. (62.2 x 47.3 cm)
Sheet Dimension: 24 1/2 x 18 5/8
Sheet Dimension: 24 1/2 x 18 5/8
ClassificationsMixed Media
Credit LineHarriet Russell Stanley Fund
Terms
Object number1948.22
Description"Figure" represents one of the earliest examples of Cubist painting by an American artist. Weber saw Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (The Damsels of Avignon)", painted in 1907 on a trip to Paris. This work represented Picasso's attempt to create a subjective response to the figure as opposed to the objective rendering of reality which had occupied Western aesthetics since the Renaissance. Weber attempted to divide the figure into a series of angular, planar components which when taken together would form a three-dimensional whole. Another artists who fell under the sway of African sculpture was William Zorach. On View
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