The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone (32 page)

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7. When talking. . . from which he often came. . . Angela Rosengart interview, June 1993.

8. In fact,. . . The Baltimore Museum for. . . ibid, 14-15.

9. Alfred H. Barr Jr.,. . . New York's Museum of Modern Art. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 15.

10. George Boaz. . . “There was never in the minds of. . .” Cone, Etta, Cone Collection

11. Alfred Barr Jr. . . . declared the catalog. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 224.

12. A Van Gogh nephew said. . . BMA CCol, Johan Franco to EC, Sept. 11, 1937.

13. The book had been printed. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 213-214.

14. In February, 1934, Etta wrote Harcourt Brace. . . Yale SteinCol, EC to Harcourt Brace, Feb. 28, 1934.

15. “Many museum directors. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, April 17, 1934.

16. In New York, Times Square pulsed. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 382.

17. One newspaperman characterized. . . Rogers, When This You See, 2.

18. “Little Gerty”. . . the “matron saint of Paris. . .” ibid, 380-381.

20. “My dear Etta, Thanks. . .” BMA CCol, GS to EC, Oct. 30, 1934.

21. Gertrude and Alice eventually. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 192.

22. Gertrude and Alice. . . and share Christmas Eve. . . Toklas, What Is Remembered, 149.

23. For a women who adhered. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

Paris, 1938

1. “Meanwhile the trees were just. . .” Hardy, Tess of the d'Ubervilles, 504.

2. The sisters’ textile collection. . . The Evening Sun, Dec. 2, 1949, 64.

3. An expert from the Detroit. . . EPFL, The Baltimore Sun, Nov. 12, 1935.

4. An expert from. . . EPFL, The Baltimore Sun, Dec. 4, 1949.

5. Years of study had produced. . . JHS, Alice Berney Hoffberger and Robert Berney oral history, Dec. 22, 1982.

6. In Etta's bedroom hung. . . The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 14, 1949, 32.

7. The Cone Collection. . . “There was no. . .” Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 14.

8. The Cone collection. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 237.

9. One visitor remembered. . . JHS, Alice Berney Hoffberger, Oral History.

10. This, he said. . . “I can get to exhibiting and. . .” BMA CCol, LS to EC, Nov. 19, 1938.

11. He ultimately. . . “I would come in there. . .” The Evening Sun, April 5, 1971, Sec. C, 1.

12. On her voyage, she always. . . Cone, Edward T., “The Miss Etta Cones,” 450.

13. In February 1934, the public's general. . . Adamthwaite, France and the Coming, 12.

14. Michael and Sally Stein decided. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 196.

15. It had a beautiful view. . . Rogers, When This You See, 115.

16. But in 1935 they left. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 426.

17. The painting was of a young. . . Barr, Matisse His Art,. 251.

18. But beginning in 1935, Lydia. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 170.

19. Madame Matisse shrieked. . . ibid, 176.

20. “My God, so many terrible. . .” BMA CCol, Margot Duthuit to EC, Sept. 20, 1939.

21. During that 1936 summer. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 134.

22. She purchased 23 pieces of art. . . ibid, 189-190.

23. She was not intrigued. . . Daix, Picasso, 94.

24. She had not seen Picasso for. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

25. Fear was everywhere and. . . Adamthwaite, France and the Coming, 26.

26. In Lucerne, she purchased. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 191-193.

27. By 1938 Germany had invaded. . . Adamthwaite, France and the Coming, 57.

28. Even the United States geared. . . ibid, XI.

29. . . . the majority of Americans. . . Gordon, The American Chronicle, p. 189.

22. She purchased 23 pieces of art. . . ibid, 189-190.

23. . . . even though she was. . . Daix, Picasso, 94.

24. She had not seen Picasso in. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

25. Fear was everywhere and. . . Adamthwaite, France and the Coming, 26.

26. In Lucerne, she purchased. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 191-193.

27. By 1938 Germany had invaded. . . Adamthwaite, France and the Coming, 57.

28. Even the United States was. . . ibid, XI.

29. . . . and the majority of Americans. . . Gordon, The American Chronicle, p. 189.

Blowing Rock, 1949

1. “Once we had a country and. . .” Auden, Collected Poems, 265.

2. In the fall of 1938 reports. . . Ketchum, The Borrowed Years, 110-111.

3. She recieved. . . “My dear, I am living. . .” BMA CCol, Sarah Stein to EC, Jan. 20, 1939.

4. Otherwise, she was shy in company. . . Alfred J. Gutman interview.

5. The artist spent the summer. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 241.

6. “When I saw everything in such. . .” ibid, 256.

7. Matisse was. . . “We did not see you this summer. . .” BMA CCol, HM to EC, Oct. 10, 1939.

8. But by November,. . . “You would say that I work. . .” BMA CCol, HM to EC, Nov. 21, 1939.

9. Etta had met a German refugee. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

10. He wrote Etta: “I had for many. . .” BMA CCol, George Duthuit to EC, June 11, 1941.

11. Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. . . “I still remember the. . .” BMA CCol, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler to EC, May 6, 1949.

12. The art historian. . . “It was one of the most. . .” BMA CCol, Herbert Read to EC, April 29, 1948.

13. And Alfred Barr Jr.,. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 262.

14. While Etta. . . she became in the next several years. . . JHU, George Boas notes.

15. In 1941,. . . “For three months I. . .” BMA CCol, HM to EC, May 20, 1941.

16. Etta responded, “Dear Monsieur Matisse. . .” BMA CCol, EC to HM, ND 1941.

17. It was through him that she. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 258-259.

18. Pierre's friend wrote, “I have never seen. . .” BMA CCol, Pierre Matisse to EC, Sept. 25, 1944.

19. Jean Matisse was also involved. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 187.

20. In 1945, the Salon d'Automne. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 259.

21. He wrote. . . “I can't say it touches me. . .” Mellow, Charmed Circle, 470.

22. But Leo did not. . . ibid, 470.

23. “I had a letter from him. . .” BMA CCol, George Boas to EC, Sept. 10, 1947.

24. But Alice found a sympathetic. . . Sutherland, “Alice and Gertrude and Others,” 292.

25. Sally Stein. . . was living in California. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 202.

26. She died of heart failure on. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 246-247.

27. A Pinkerton guard. . . ibid, 251.

Epilogue

1. Before Etta died she. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 252-253.

2. Those items not deemed. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 165.

3. At the time of Etta's death. . . ibid, 167-194.

4. Etta set strict conditions. . . ibid, 165.

5. in October 1949, shortly after Etta's death. . . The Baltimore Sun, Oct. 8, 1949, 24.

6. Even the city's fathers. . . The Baltimore Sun, Feb. 24, 1957, 26, 40.

Index

A
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B
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C
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D
  |  
E
F
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G
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H
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I
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J
K
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L
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M
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N
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O
P
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Q
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R
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S
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T
U
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V
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W

A

Acadèmie Matisse,
76

Albrecht, Eugen,
33
,
83
,
84

Anderson, Sherwood,
124

Apollinaire, Guillame,
99

     death of,
124

Appreciation: Painting, Poetry and Prose
(book by Leo Stein),
39
,
211

Aragon, Louis,
141

Ararat,
142-143

art collectors, vi,
vii
,
viii
,
xvi
,
152

art critics,
viii

art dealers, vi

art history,
vii
,
viii
, ix,
66
,
75
,
76
,
152

Art Institute of Chicago,
190

Armory show,
96

Atlantic Monthly
,
186

Auden, W.H.,
205

Austen, Jane,
3

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
,
vii
,
186

B

“bachelor girl”,
18

Bachrach, Helen,
12-13

Baltimore, Maryland, xiii,
3
,
4
,
8
,
35
,
73
,
105
,
108
,
144

Baltimore Museum of Art,
162
,
198

     Adeyln Breeskin and,
190

     Cone Collection and, v,
viii
,
173
,
190
,
215
,
216

     Cone Wing and,
viii
,
217

     opening of,
144-145

Baltimore Sun
,
13
,
144
,
172-173
,
177
,
216

Barnes, Albert C.,
xvi
,
95
,
127
,
176
,
178-181
,
184
,
185

Barr, Alfred Jr.,
125
,
190
,
209
,

     comments on Cone catalogue,
192

     comments on Leo Stein as art collector,
42

Bâteau Lavoir,
xvi

     description of,
44

     description of artists’ studios in,
60

     Picasso moves from,
90

Bavarian State Gallery,
97

Berenson, Bernard,
21
,
22
,
40

Berenson, Mary,
22

Bernheim-Jeune gallery,
91
,
127
,
131
,
140
,
160

Big Bertha,
104

Blockley,
11

Blowing Rock, North Carolina,
11
,
69

Boas, George,
159
,
189
,
191-192
,
211

Bolshevism,
110

Bon Marché,
122
,
143

Bonheur de vivre
(Joy of Life),
61-62

Boulevard de Clichy,
90
,
142

Braque, Georges,
99
,
187
,
203

Breeskin, Adelyn,
215

     as curator of Baltimore Museum of Art,
190

     as director of Baltimore Museum of Art,
198-199

Brooklyn Museum (The),
190

Bussy, Simon, xiii

C

Carnegie International Exhibition,
xvi

cellular pathology and physiology,
84

Cézanne, Paul,
40
,
75
,
90
,
191
,
204

     death of,
66

     
La Maison du Printemps
(The Spring House),
40

     
La montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du Bibémus Quarry
(Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen From the Bibemus Quarry),
153

Chamberlain, J. Edgar,
77

Champs-Elysées,
5

Chicago, IL

     women's medical school,
8

Clark, Dr. Edward,
7

Class, Dr. Cheinrich,
106

Cleveland Museum of Art,
190

Clifford, Henry,
190

Collectors (The): Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone
,
viii
, ix

college education for women,
17-18

communists,
110-112

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