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Meditation

1920
(American, 1881–1961)
20th century
Color linocut on Chinese paper
Support: Chinese paper
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
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This print was reproduced as an illustration for a poem published in a 1922 issue of the avant-garde journal Broom.

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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.
Meditation

Meditation

1920

Max Weber

(American, 1881–1961)
20th century

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