Max Weber created a transparency effect in Abstract Still Life (c. 1914) that anticipates subsequent critical developments in the twentieth century including Man Ray's Rayographs (1920s) and Francis Picabia's transparencies (1928–31). The significance of this work in Weber's oeuvre has been recognized by major institutions. Notably, It was included in the important 1991–93 exhibition Max Weber: The Cubist Decade, 1910–1920 organized by the High Museum in Atlanta, which later traveled to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Brooklyn Museum; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
