Feast of Passover 1920

Max Weber made this dynamic print, Feast of Passover, with dark ink on paper. I imagine he was carving into the block, wrestling with the material, and the image emerging bit by bit with each cut. There's something really moving in the figures' faces. Their eyes are wide, almost startled, as if the past is catching up to them. It makes me think about memory, how it distorts and exaggerates things over time. Weber really captures that here. The texture is amazing – it looks like he used a really rough tool to get those deep, scratchy lines. It gives the print a raw, almost urgent feel. You can see how he's playing with forms, simplifying them but still getting across a powerful sense of emotion. It's like he's saying, we're all connected through these shared experiences, and art is a way to keep those connections alive. We see the world differently, and when we respond to these experiences with honesty and compassion, something truly meaningful can emerge.