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
William H. Gerdts, Jr., The Newark Museum, NJ, "Max Weber Retrospective Exhibition," October 1, 1959 - November 15, 1959, no. 7.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, "Memorial Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture," January 19, 1962 - February 18, 1962, no. 33.
Adelyn Breeskin, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., "Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930," December 2, 1965 - January 9, 1966, no. 176.
The Art Galleries, University of California at Santa Barbara, "Max Weber," February 6, 1968 - March 3, 1968; circulated to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, April 19, 1968 - May 19, 1968; Phoenix Museum of Art, May 28, 1968 - June 25, 1968; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, July 5, 1968 - August 18, 1968.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Dimensions in The Cone Collection," August 9, 1974 - September 29, 1974.
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, "Paris-New York," June 1, 1977 - September 19, 1977.
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Art 1900-1930: Paintings and Works on Paper from the Museum Collection," September 2, 1978 - October 29, 1978.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993 - January 30, 1994.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cézanne and the Transformed Landscape," May 22, 2002 - August 25, 2002.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris "New York et l'Art Moderne: Alfred Stieglitz et Son Cercle 1905-1930," October 18, 2004 - January 16, 2005, no. 51; circulated to Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, February 10, 2005 - May 16, 2005.
Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf, Montclair Art Museum, NJ, "Cézanne and American Modernism," September 12, 2009 - January 3, 2010, no. 116; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, February 14, 2010 - May 23, 2010; The Phoenix Art Museum, July 3, 2010 - September 26, 2010.
The Philbrook Museum, "Models and Muses: Max Weber and the Figure, " November 4, 2012 - February 3, 2013
Percy North, BMA, "Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York," March 3 - June 30 2013.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, "Memorial Exhibition: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture," January 19, 1962 - February 18, 1962, no. 33.
Adelyn Breeskin, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., "Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930," December 2, 1965 - January 9, 1966, no. 176.
The Art Galleries, University of California at Santa Barbara, "Max Weber," February 6, 1968 - March 3, 1968; circulated to California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, April 19, 1968 - May 19, 1968; Phoenix Museum of Art, May 28, 1968 - June 25, 1968; The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, July 5, 1968 - August 18, 1968.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Dimensions in The Cone Collection," August 9, 1974 - September 29, 1974.
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, "Paris-New York," June 1, 1977 - September 19, 1977.
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Art 1900-1930: Paintings and Works on Paper from the Museum Collection," September 2, 1978 - October 29, 1978.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 21, 1993 - January 30, 1994.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cézanne and the Transformed Landscape," May 22, 2002 - August 25, 2002.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris "New York et l'Art Moderne: Alfred Stieglitz et Son Cercle 1905-1930," October 18, 2004 - January 16, 2005, no. 51; circulated to Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, February 10, 2005 - May 16, 2005.
Gail Stavitsky and Katherine Rothkopf, Montclair Art Museum, NJ, "Cézanne and American Modernism," September 12, 2009 - January 3, 2010, no. 116; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, February 14, 2010 - May 23, 2010; The Phoenix Art Museum, July 3, 2010 - September 26, 2010.
The Philbrook Museum, "Models and Muses: Max Weber and the Figure, " November 4, 2012 - February 3, 2013
Percy North, BMA, "Max Weber: Bringing Paris to New York," March 3 - June 30 2013.
"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.
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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