Russian Ballet
1916
Max Weber
American, born Russia, 1881-1961
American Art
In 1912 Max Weber wrote of his creative process: "We shall not be bound by visible objects—only the essence we as humans get out of them. . . . Memories are visible things." Weber saw a performance of the famous Russian Ballet in New York in 1914 and shortly afterward executed a watercolor recording his impressions of the dancers. Two years later he painted this oil, which shows the crystallization of this memory in even greater abstraction.
- Maker/Artist
- Weber, Max
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30 x 36in. (76.2 x 91.4cm) frame: 39 1/4 h x 45 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (99.7 x 115.6 x 8.6 cm)
- Departments
- American Art
- Accession Number
- 1992.11.29
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal
- Exhibitions
- Modernist Art from the Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection, First in Line: Preparatory Drawings for Paintings in the Collection
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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