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Max Weber

ca. 1910
Not on view
Among the first group of modernist painters to congregate at 291, Max Weber (1881–1961) was a brief but important presence, particularly valuable for his connections with such artists as Henri Matisse and Henri Rousseau. Although he was in Stieglitz's good graces for a while, others in the Stieglitz circle, including de Zayas, disliked him. Weber's very vocal dismissal of Steichen's work and his alliance with photographers who were having their own problems with Stieglitz put him at odds with the group. In 1911, after an argument over prices for works in his first one-man show at 291, Stieglitz and Weber severed their relationship; the two never spoke again, and none of Weber's work remained in Stieglitz's vast art collection. He is disparagingly portrayed as an obsequious gnome in all of de Zayas's caricatures of him; here, his waning disk (in the most unfavorable, right position) seems to anticipate his imminent departure from 291.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Max Weber
  • Artist: Marius de Zayas (Mexican, Veracruz 1880–1961 Stamford, Connecticut)
  • Date: ca. 1910
  • Medium: Brush and black ink, opaque watercolor, watercolor, and copper metallic paint over graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 18 1/8 × 15 5/8 in. (46 × 39.7 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.70.214
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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Sadakichi Hartmann, Marius de Zayas Mexican, Brush and black ink, ink wash, and watercolor with graphite on paper mounted on paperboard
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Edward Steichen, Marius de Zayas Mexican, Brush and pen and black ink, ink wash, watercolor, copper metallic paint, and graphite on paper
Edward Steichen
Marius de Zayas
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Clarence White
Marius de Zayas
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Alvin Langdon Coburn (recto); Edward Steichen (verso), Marius de Zayas Mexican, Recto: Charcoal and chalk on paper<br/>Verso: Charcoal on paper
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