Max Weber
The Bathers
1908
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Max Weber
The Bathers
1908
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 14 15/16 × 18 3/16 × 1 1/8 in. (37.9 × 46.2 × 2.9 cm.)
Framed: 17 13/16 × 21 1/8 × 2 3/8 in. (45.2 × 53.7 × 6 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.309
The Bathers by Max Weber, 1909. Oil on canvas. Bathing women languish along a grassy, tree-lined shore watching sailboats on the sea. Linear, sculptural, and voluptuous forms in a boldly-colored, idyllic landscape show the influence of both Weber's mentor, Matisse and his peer, Cezanne.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Cone Collection
Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle: La modernité à New York, 1905-1930
Cézanne and American Modernism
Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York
Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960
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"Art as Expressed by the Futurist, the Later Cubist and the Post-Impressionist," "Newark Evening Star," October 4, 1913, n.p., ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 41, no. 128. (Published as "Nudes in a Landscape")
William H. Gerdts, Jr., "Max Weber Retrospective Exhibition," Newark, NJ: The Newark Museum, 1959, p. 19, no. 7, ill.
"Memorial Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture," New York: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1962, no. 33.
Adelyn Breeskin, "Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930," Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1965, no. 176.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 69, no. 118.
"First Comprehensive Retrospective Exhibition in the West of Oils, Gouaches, Pastels, Drawings and Graphic Works by Max Weber," Santa Barbara: The University of California, 1968, pp. 14, 33, pl. 2, ill.
Lane, John R. "The Sources of Max Weber's Cubism," Art Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Spring, 1976), pp. 231-236, ill. fig. 1 p. 232
Pontus Hulten, "Paris-New York," Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1977, p. 211, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 150.
"New York et l'Art Moderne: Alfred Stieglitz et Son Cercle 1905-1930," Paris and Madrid: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2004, pp. 101, 330, no. 51, ill.
Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf, eds., "Cézanne and American Modernism," Montclair, NJ: Montclair Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2009, pp. 323, 328, 374, no. 116, ill.
"Maker of Curious Pictures in Town," "Baltimore Evening News," 1915.
J.O.L., "The Three Arts," "The Baltimore Sun," March 1915.
Louis Lozowick, "100 Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors," New York: YKUF, 1947, pp. 192-193.
Arcade Auction: American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Sotheby's New York, Sale 1568, March 25, 1997, lot 149.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, "Inheriting Cubism: The Impact of Cubism on American Art, 1909-1936," November 28, 2001 - January 12, 2002.
J.O.L., "The Three Arts," "The Baltimore Sun," March 1915.
Louis Lozowick, "100 Contemporary American Jewish Painters and Sculptors," New York: YKUF, 1947, pp. 192-193.
Arcade Auction: American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Sotheby's New York, Sale 1568, March 25, 1997, lot 149.
Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, "Inheriting Cubism: The Impact of Cubism on American Art, 1909-1936," November 28, 2001 - January 12, 2002.
Inscribed: Recto: Bottom center in black paint, "MAX WEBER 1909" Verso: There is an unrelated sketch on the verso that does not correspond to the finished painting. The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions.
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