
Art Institute of Chicago
Still Life
Max Weber · 1911
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; given to either Nathan Miller (1873–1927) and Linda Miller (born Linda Rosenburg, 1877–1936), New Rochelle, NY, or their daughter, Helen Davis (born Helen T. Miller, later Helen Miller Obstler, 1898–1990), New Rochelle, NY, by 1943; given by Helen Davis to Elinor Gluck Metcoff (born Elinor F. Gluck, 1919–2012) and Dr. Jack Metcoff (1917–1994), on their wedding, New York, Apr. 16, 1943; given to a private collection, Chicago, 2009; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2011.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1567/they-seek-a-city-chicago-and-the-art-of-migration-1910-1950"><em>They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration, 1910–1950</em></a>, Mar. 3–Jun. 2, 2013, cat. 14.
- Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/1399/art-and-appetite-american-painting-culture-and-cuisine"><em>Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine</em></a>, Nov. 10, 2013–Jan. 27, 2014, cat. 71; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Feb. 22–May 18, 2014.
Literature
Published references
- Judith Barter et al., <em>Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), 185–88, 226, cat. 71, fig. 2 (ill.).
- Sarah Kelly Oehler, <em>They Seek a City: Chicago and the Art of Migration</em>, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 2013), 23–24, cat. 14 (ill.).
- Sarah Macdougall et al., "Max Weber: An American Cubist in Paris and London, 1905–15," (Ben Uri Gallery/ Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, 2014).
Comparables
Related holdings by the same hand

Nudes and Sailboats
Art Institute of Chicago

The Mirror #2
Art Institute of Chicago

Attitudes
Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of a Woman
Art Institute of Chicago

Draped Head
Art Institute of Chicago

Beautification
Art Institute of Chicago

Still Life with Apples
Art Institute of Chicago

Figure (Primitive Man)
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum holdings, not sale records. Auction results are only shown when a licensed price source is connected.
Research assistant