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Max WeberInterior with Music
About
Max Weber believed that the senses of sight and hearing are deeply interconnected. With the seemingly animated whorls and organized lines of Interior with Music, the artist visually captures intangible sounds by depicting the rhythms and patterns of music.
As a friend of Pablo Picasso, Weber explored the angular compositional techniques developed by the Spanish artist, and was the first painter to bring the style of abstract Cubism to America.
Interior with Music is closely related to Weber’s belief that abstract painting can help access an unseen fourth dimension. He believed that senses blended in this other plane of existence. Weber stated that the fourth dimension “is somewhat similar to color and depth in musical sounds. It arouses imagination and stirs emotions.”
Artist
Max Weber
Dimensions
58 1/2 × 38 1/2 in. (148.6 × 97.8 cm)
Credit Line
Art Bridges
Date
1915
Medium
Oil on canvas
Object Number
AB.2019.5
Signed
l.r.: Max Weber 1915
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, 1961; (Forum Gallery, New York, NY); acquired by Ertegun Collection Group, New York, NY, 1979; (Terry Dintenfass, Inc., New York, NY); acquired by Michael Scharf family, 1986; to (Christie’s, New York, NY), May 22, 2019, sale 17034, lot 21; purchased by Art Bridges, TX, 2019
