Gourds in Pewter Compote
Max Weber, American (born Russia, now Poland), 1881 - 1961
1950
Oil on canvas
Overall: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (50.9 × 40.7 cm)
Frame: 29 × 25 in. (73.7 × 63.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Daisy V. Shapiro in memory of her son, Richard David Shapiro, Class of 1943
P.960.57.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: MAX WEBER 1950. Label on reverse from Downtown Gallery, New York: Max Weber Gourds in Pewter Compote No. 54 / 1950 oil 16 x 20 S. P. Gill. Label on reverse: Gourds in Pewter / Compote oil / 1950 / M. Weber
Exhibition History
American Paintings from the Dartmouth Collection, 1910-1960, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 17-April 12, 1998.
The Richard David Shapiro 1943 Memorial Collection, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1968, no. 17.
Provenance
Downtown Gallery, New York; sold to Daisy Viertel Shapiro (1890-1984), New York, date unknown; given to present collection, 1960.
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