At The Mill

Artist Max Weber (American, 1881 - 1961)

Date1939

DimensionsFramed: H 48 1/8 x W 56 x D 3 3/8 in. (H 122.2 x W 142.2 x D 8.6 cm)
Image: H 40 x W 48 in. (H 101.6 x W 121.9 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1946 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund

Object number46.159

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Object NamePainting

Title Details

Primary Title At The Mill

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. white paint "MAX WEBER"; verso: u.l. black paint "[ --- illegible]"; stretcher: c. black marker "P.R. / 40 x 48 / [box with cross inside]" ; u.r. black marker, script "Barr"Marks and Labels/Stampsback of frame: l.l. printed paper label "Museum of / Modern Art / LOAN / 32.325"; l.l. printed and handwritten paper label "REC NO. 26 Reserve this part for the Instittue CASE NO. 5-5 / CARNEIGIE INSTITUE, PITTSBURGH, P.A. U.S.A / Title AT THE MILL / PAINTER MAX WEBER / OWNER PAUL RSENBERG & CO."; c.l. printed and handwritten paper label "PAUL ROSENBERG & CO. / 16 East 57th STREET, NEW YORK CITY / Plaza 3-565 / [script] Wber / 1197 - At the Mill 1939 / 40 x 48 $5000-"; printed and typed paper label "Detatch and fasten to back of work / WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 10 West 80TH Street, New York City NYC / Receiving Room 15 1/2 McDougal Alley / LENDER The Newark Museum / ADRESS Newark 1, New Jersey / ARTIST Max Weber / TITLE At the Mill / RETURN ADDRESS Newark Museum, Newark, / N.J." ; u.c. printed and typed paper label with a stamp (black ink) "Detatch and fasten to back of work / WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART / 10 West 80TH Street, New York City NYC / Receiving Room 15 1/2 McDougal Alley / [stamp] [xxx-illegible] EXHIBITION OF / CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART / NOVEMBER 23, 1943 - JANUARY 4, 1944 / [printed label] ARTIST MAX WEBER / ADDRESS 16 EAST 57TH ST. NY 22 N.Y. / TITLE AT THE MILL / PRICE / INSURANCE VALUATION / RETURN ADDRESS 16 EAST 57TH ST."; u.c. printed and typed paper label "THE JEWISH MUSEUM CATALOGUE 71 / 1109 Fifth Avenue/New York/New York 10028 / Crate / Title: AT THE MILL / Lender: THE NEWARK MUSEUM / ONLY"; labels from old backing on file: "The Jewish Museum / 1865 Broadway / 4th Floor / New York / New York 10023 / L1991-2.88 / Max Weber, At the Mill / LENDER: The Newark Museum / PAINTING A PLACE IN AMERICA: JEWISH ARTISTS IN / NEW YORK, 1900-1945"; "Nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum Drive, / Roslyn Harbor, NY 11576 (516)484-9338 / Loan #44.1994.1 / Max Weber / AT THE MILL, 1939 / oil on canvas, 40" x 48-3/4" / Collection of the Newark Museum, Purchase 1946, Wallace / M. Scudder Bequest Fund. / AMERICAN REALISM BETWEEN THE WARS / April 3, 1994 - June 5, 1994"; "46.159 At the Mill o/c / by Max Weber / Collection of the Newark / Museum"; "THE NEWARK MUSEUM / Max Weber / At the Mill / U.S., 1939 / Oil on canvas / Collection of The Newark Museum, / Purchase 1946, Wallace M. Scudder / Bequest Fund / 46.159 / 49 WASHINGTON STREET, P.O. BOX 540, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07101-0540"; masking tape: "CAT. 71 / AT THE HILL" ProvenancePaul Rosenberg and CompanyExhibition History"Models and Muses: Max Weber and the Figure", Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 11/4/2012 - 2/3/2013.
"Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (Nov. 23, 1943 - Jan. 4, 1944)
Weber Retrospective, (Jan. 31 - Sept. 1, 1949) to: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; Walker Art Center, Minnesota; Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey (Jan. 1969)
Indian University Art Museum (1970)
"The Working American," District 1199 Cultural Center, New York, New York (Sept. 1979)
"Max Weber, American Modern," The Jewish Museum, New York, New York (Oct. 5, 1982 - Jan. 16, 1983)
"Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900-1945" The Jewish Museum, New York, New York (1991)
"American Realism between the Wars," Nassau County Museum of Art, New York (Apr. 3 - Jun. 5, 1994)
Models and Muses: Max Weber and the Figure",Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma (November 4, 2012 - February 3, 2013).

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