Lot 1
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Max Weber 1881 - 1961

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Max Weber
  • Soloist at Wanamaker's
  • signed Max Weber and dated 10 (lower right)
  • gouache on paper laid down on board
  • 29 1/4 by 18 1/2 inches
  • (74 by 47 cm)

Provenance

Mrs. Max Weber, 1961 (the artist's wife)
The Downtown Gallery, New York
Bernard Danenberg Galleries, New York, by 1970
Forum Galleries, New York
The Estate of Sidney E. Cohn (sold: Sotheby's New York, May 27, 1992, lot 99, illustrated in color)
James and Helen K. Copley, La Jolla, California (acquired from the above sale)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Photo Secession Gallery, 1911 (as Soprano Soloist)
New York, The Downtown Gallery, Max Weber: The Figure in Retrospect, 1906-1958, November-December, 1958, no. 6
Santa Barbara, California, University of California, Santa Barbara Art Gallery; San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, First Comprehensive Retrospective Exhibition in the West of Oils, Gouaches, Pastels, Drawings and Graphic Works by Max Weber (1881-1961), February-August 1968, no. 3, p. 34, illustrated
New York, Bernard Danenberg Galleries, Max Weber: The Years 1906-1916, May, 1970, no. 27, illustrated in color p. 37
Elmira, New York, Arnot Art Museum, October 1972

Condition

This work is in good condition. There is some discoloration, due to the artist's materials. For a more detailed condition report prepared by Julius Lowy Frame and Restoring Company, Inc., please contact the American Art department.
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