The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 29, 2024
Meditation
1920
(American, 1881–1961)
Image: 6.7 x 2.7 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.); Sheet: 23.8 x 16.5 cm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett 2018.1071
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
This print was reproduced as an illustration for a poem published in a 1922 issue of the avant-garde journal Broom.Description
The American artist Max Weber was deeply influenced by non-Western art, including African masks that he viewed at Parisian museums and Japanese prints, which he learned about as a student. Around 1919, he began to combine these interests in a series of relief prints, such as the one seen here. Weber deconstructed the human figure into component parts, emphasizing its simplicity and geometry.- Forum Gallery, New York, NYHirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, NY2001-2018James and Hanna Bartlett, Lincoln, MADecember 3, 2018the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- “Of a Day,” Broom: An International Magazine of the Arts 3, no. 1 (August 1922) ill. p. 29Rubenstein, Daryl R., Max Weber, Alan Hyman, and Alan Maxwell Fern. Max Weber: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work. 2013. p. 189-191, ill. no. 29
- {{cite web|title=Meditation|url=false|author=Max Weber|year=1920|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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