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Max WeberSummer, 19101910
1910
$48,000
£35,925.43
€41,599.40
CA$66,712.16
A$75,140.43
CHF 38,912.53
MX$912,550.75
NOK 494,279.11
SEK 468,865.44
DKK 310,388.77
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Complex study of nude figures grouping in landscape. Weber works in watercolor and pen with an electric brushstroke. Perhaps a study or a continuation for his major oil. Summer, 1909, oil on canvas, 40 1/4 x 23 7/8 in, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Krasner Gallery, Signed Max Weber 1910 lower right. It is signed Max Weber top right as well. Paper mounted on board. Toning, fading throughout.
- Creator:Max Weber (1881-1961, American)
- Creation Year:1910
- Dimensions:Height: 18.25 in (46.36 cm)Width: 15.5 in (39.37 cm)
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- Condition:Work is in good/fair condition, commensurate with age. There fading and desaturation of color but commensurate with age. The work is best viewed with a bright key light. Paper mounted to supporting board.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3853959863

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