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Exhibition History"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," organized by the Waterloo Municipal Galleries, sponsored by the National Bank of Waterloo, Oct. 24- Nov. 20, 1983; (Circulated to: Charles H. MacNider Museum, Mason City, Jan. 15 - Feb. 26, 1984; Muscatine Art Center, Apr. 1 - May 13, 1984; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, May 27 - July 1, 1984; Sioux City Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 26, 1984)

"The Kirsch Years 1936-1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974

"Focus'" Memorial Union, Iowa State University, Ames, Mar. 10 - Apr. 7, 1963

"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 10 - Mar. 12, 1961

Cedar Falls Art Association, Iowa State Teachers College, Feb. 28 - Mar. 18, 1956

"Max Weber Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb. 5 - Mar. 27, 1949; (Circulated to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Apr. 17 - May 29, 1949)
Published ReferencesDES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.211

"Selected Works from the Des Moines Art Center's Permanent Collection," Waterloo Municipal Galleries, 1983, exh. cat. no.39

DMAC Bulletin, Jan. 1956, cover ill.

DES MOINES REGISTER, Dec. 11, 1956, ill.

"The Kirsch Years 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.73

"Six Decades of American Painting of the Twentieth Century," Des Moines Art Center, 1961, exh. cat. no.90

DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Feb. 7, 1971, ill.

"Max Weber Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, N. Y., 1949, exh. cat. no.59

"Focus," Iowa State University, Ames, 1963, exh. cat. no.9
DimensionsOverall: 32 3/8 × 24 1/2 in. (82.2 × 62.2 cm)
Accession Number 1955.17
Classificationspainting
SignedMax Weber '44 (l,r oil paint)
ProvenanceArtist. (Paul Rosenberg and Company, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spaeth/Spaeth Foundation Collection [acquired by 1949]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1955]
Dahlias
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Max Weber
ca. 1924
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Max Weber
1945
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Marsden Hartley
1929
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Max Weber
ca. 1928-1929
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jordan Weber
2013
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Jordan Weber
2017
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Philip Campbell Curtis
1960
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Charles Palmer
1931
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gunther Gerzso
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sewell Sillman
date unknown