the artist, Great Neck, N.Y (1933–37; sold through New Art Circle Gallery [J. B. Neumann], New York to MMA)
Ottawa. National Gallery of Canada. "Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings by Artists of the United States, Arranged by Courtesy of the Carnegie Corporation of New York," circulated in Canada by the National Gallery, Ottawa, 1934–35, no. 95 (lent by J.B. Neumann).
Art Gallery of Toronto. "Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings by Artists of the United States, Arranged by Courtesy of the Carnegie Corporation of New York," December 1934, no. 95.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "National Art Week and the Museum: Paintings by Living Americans," November 25–December 1, 1940, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Contemporary Painting in the United States," April 19–27, 1941, no. 157.
Mexico City. Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," June 12–July 9, 1941, unnumbered cat. (p. 104).
Santiago. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," September 6–October 5, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Lima. Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," November 5–30, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Quito. Universidad Central de Ecuador. "La Pintura Contemporánea Norteamericana," December 1941, unnumbered cat.
Pittsburgh. Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute. "Exhibition of Paintings by Max Weber," March 9–April 18, 1943, no. 49 (dated 1934).
Circulating exhibition. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 1948–May 1949, including the following venues.
Sioux City, Iowa. Sioux City Art Center. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 13–end March 1949, no catalogue.
Norman. Oklahoma University Museum of Art. "20 Contemporary American Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 1949, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "20th Century Painters: A Special Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors and Drawings Selected from the Collections of American Art in the Metropolitan Museum," June 16–October 29, 1950, unnum. brochure (p. 12; dated 1932).
Berlin. Rathaus Schöneberg. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," September 20–October 5, 1951, no. 63 (as "Verstreute Fichten").
Berlin. Schloss Charlottenburg. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," October 10–24, 1951, no. 63.
Vienna. Akademie der Bildenden Künst. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," November 3–18, 1951, no. 63.
Munich. Galerie des Amerika Hauses. "Amerikanische Malerei: Werden und Gegenwart," November 24–December 14, 1951, no. 63.
Kent, Conn. Kent School. "American Painting, 1906–1956," September 12–November 29, 1955, no catalogue.
New York. Jewish Museum. "Exhibition of Oil and Tempera Paintings, Gouaches, Pastels, Woodcuts, Lithographs and Drawings by Max Weber," March–May 1956, no. 17 (dated 1937).
Quincy, Ill. Quincy Art Center. "American Masters: Art Students League," October 8–29, 1967, no. 44.
Art Students League of New York. "American Masters: Art Students League," November 12–December 3, 1967, no. 44.
Jonesboro. School of Fine Arts, Arkansas State College. "American Masters: Art Students League," January 21–February 12, 1968, no. 44.
West Palm Beach, Fla. Norton Gallery and School of Fine Art. "American Masters: Art Students League," February 25–March 17, 1968, no. 44.
Abilene, Tex. Abilene Fine Arts Museum. "American Masters: Art Students League," March 31–April 21, 1968, no. 44.
Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. "American Masters: Art Students League," May 5–26, 1968, no. 44.
Austin, Tex. Laguna Gloria Art Museum. "American Masters: Art Students League," June 9–30, 1968, no. 44.
Jacksonville, Fla. Cummer Gallery of Art. "American Masters: Art Students League," August 18–October 13, 1968, no. 44.
Wilkes-Barre, Penn. Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes College. "1933 Revisited: American Masters of the Early Thirties," March 20–April 24, 1983, no. 39 (as "Straggley Pine").
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Landscape Painting," April 4–August 13, 1989, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Max Weber from the Collection," March 9–June 13, 1999, no catalogue.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, not in brochure.
Huntington, N.Y. Heckscher Museum of Art. "Max Weber on Long Island," April 28–August 5, 2012, unnumbered cat. (p. 21).
W. Clifford. "Notes." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32 (April 1937), p. 102.
"Metropolitan Will Display 17 U.S. Paintings." New York Herald Tribune (May 29, 1937), p. 30, calls it "Straggly Pine".
Carlyle Burrows. "Hearn Paintings at the Metropolitan." New York Herald Tribune (May 30, 1937), p. E6.
Edward Alden Jewell. "American Artists Show Works Here." New York Times (May 29, 1937), p. 15, calls it "Straggly Pine".
Edward Alden Jewell. "Metropolitan Purchases: Museum Displays Its Recently Acquired Paintings by Living American Artists." New York Times (May 30, 1937), p. X7, calls it "Straggly Pine".
M[artha] D[avidson]. "New Exhibitions of the Week: A Retrospective of Max Weber." Art News 36 (November 13, 1937), p. 19, calls it "Scraggly Pine".
"American Art Exhibited at Metropolitan." Brooklyn Daily Eagle (May 30, 1937), p. 6C, calls it "Straggly Pine".
"Plaudits, Bricks for Metropolitan Newcomers." Art Digest 11 (July 1, 1937), p. 8.
"The Hearn Collection." Art Digest 11 (July 1, 1937), p. 25, calls it "Straggling Pines".
Martha Davidson. "The Pantheon of Living Native Art." Art News 35 (May 29, 1937), p. 10, ill.
Harry B. Wehle. "National Art Week and the Museum: Trends in American Painting." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 35 (November 1940), ill. p. 8.
Jeannette Lowe. "The Metropolitan as a Patron of Americans: A Special Art Week Show." Art News 39 (November 23, 1940), p. 10, ill., calls it "The Straggly Pines".
"U.S. Art: Max Weber." Time 39 (May 4, 1942), ill. p. 66 (color).
Samuel M. Kootz. New Frontiers in American Painting. New York, 1943, colorpl. 84, dates it 1934.
John O'Connor, Jr. "Max Weber: Exhibition of His Paintings at the Carnegie Institute from March 9 to April 18." Carnegie Magazine 16 (March 1943), pp. 303–4.
George S. Hellman in Isaac Landman. "Weber, Max." Universal Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10, New York, 1943, p. 479, notes that the artist considered this work among his best.
American Artists Group, ed. Max Weber. New York, 1945, ill. n.p., dates it 1932.
Ross Thompson. "Oils Exhibit from Metropolitan Main Event at City Art Center." Sioux City Sunday Journal (March 20, 1949), p. 4.
Doris Brian. "The Metropolitan's American Policy—A Long View, No Blind Flying." Art Digest 24 (July 1, 1950), p. 9.
"Panorama of American 20th Century Art Exhibited." Santa Barbara News-Press (June 18, 1950), p. C-5.
A. L. Chanin. "American Pioneer: Works by Weber." New York Times (February 26, 1956), p. SM138, ill.
L. C. "Max Weber." Art News 55 (April 1956), p. 80.
Albert Ten Eyck Gardner. A Concise Catalogue of the American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1957, p. 49.
John K. Howat inAmerican Masters: Art Students League. Exh. cat., Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Ill. New York, 1967, pp. 24, 112, no. 44, ill. p. 113.
Alfred Werner. Max Weber. New York, 1975, pl. 97, dates it 1932.
William H. Sterling. 1933 Revisited: American Masters of the Early Thirties. Exh. cat., Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes College. Wilkes-Barre, Penn., 1983, pp. 11, 20, no. 39, ill. p. 50.
Beverly Rood in Ronald G. Pisano. Long Island Landscape Painting. Vol. 2, The Twentieth Century. Boston, 1990, p. 28, ill. p. 29 (color), notes this painting is a view from Weber's studio on Hartley Road in Great Neck, Long Island.
Percy North. Max Weber on Long Island. Exh. cat., Heckscher Museum of Art. Huntington, N.Y., 2012, pp. 11, 21.
Jacqueline Francis. Making Race: Modernism and "Racial Art" in America. Seattle, 2012, p. 125, dates it 1932; discusses the artist's application of paint in this picture.
Aileen Jacobson. "Pioneer's Landscapes in the Limelight." New York Times (May 6, 2012), p. L110.
Beatriz Cordero inThe Irascibles: Painters Against the Museum, New York, 1950. Ed. Bradford R. Collins et al. Exh. cat., Fundación Juan March. Madrid, 2020, p. 82.
Max Weber (American (born former Russian Empire, now Poland), Bialystok 1881–1961 Great Neck, New York)
1947
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