The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone (33 page)

CONE, CLARIBEL, vi,
5
,
6
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9
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13
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30
,
34
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39
,
46
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60-61
,
70-71
,
132
,
171

     on art,
xvi
,
101
,
115

     as a collector, v,
xiv
,
xv
,
121
,
130
,
133-134
,
135
,
139
,
145
,
151
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152
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157
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158-159
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161
,
173-174

     death of,
161-62
,
164
,
167
,
168
,
171
,
172-173
,
174

     early life of,
3
,
5-8

     Matisse and,
125-126
,
168

     medicine and,
8
,
9
,
11
,
16
,
30-31

     Picasso and,
59-60
,
132

     shopping/wealth of,
71
,
114
,
115
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121
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122
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129
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132-133
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135
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142-144
,
146
,
154

     siblings of,
3
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69
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70
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146
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162-163
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167

     the Steins and, vi,
13
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17
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18
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144
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152
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168-169

     travels and homes of,
31
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33
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64
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73
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83
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86-89
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95
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113
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116
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121
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136-137

     works collected by,
132
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140
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152
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153
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156-157
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161
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163-164

     World War I and,
101
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104-106
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111-116
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119-121

Cone Collection, v,
viii
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xvi
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xvii
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153
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159
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178
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190-191
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197
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198
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208-209
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215

     Baltimore Museum of Art and,
viii
,
145

     Cone Catalogue and,
180-181

     Cone sisters and,
152

     estimated value of in 2002,
218

     Etta and,
153

     works included in,
216

CONE, ETTA,
3
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6
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18
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64
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74
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142
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146
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197
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208

     appearance, dress, and style of,
xiv
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xv
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xvii
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7
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120
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175-176

     as art collector, v,
xiv
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xv
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15
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21
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23
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24
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27
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28
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28-29
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29
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31-32
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50
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61
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129
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130
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151
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169
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170
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172
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173-174
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175
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182
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189-190
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198
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199
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203
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203-204
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209

          “romantic charity” of,
xiv
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53

          as “angel” to artists,
xv
,
56

          in Lausanne,
160

          in New York (1927),
158

          last purchase,
212-213

          Lippi's
Madonna with Child
,
23-24

     art purchases of,

          
Femme l'eventail
(Woman with a Fan),
203

          
Femme au frange
(Woman with Bangs),
170

          
Femme au pull-over rayé, violin sur la table
(Woman in Striped Pull-over, Violin on Table),
140

          
Grand nu couché (
The Pink Nude),
202

          
Intérior, fleurs et perruches
(Interior, Flowers and Parakeets),
153-154

          
Jeune femme a la fenêtre, soleil couchant
(Young Woman at the Window Sunset),
140

          
Les yeux bleus
(The Blue Eyes),
201

          Manet pastel on canvas,
Femme au Chapeau
(Lady in a Bonnet),
175

          Matisse sculptures, including
Grand nu assis
(Large Seated Nude),
174

          
Odalisque debout reflétée dans la glace
(Standing Odalisque, Reflected in a Mirror),
140

          
Poterie jeune de Provence
(Yellow Pottery from Provence),
62

          van Gogh,
158-159
,
189

          
Violiniste et fillette, Divertissement
(Violinist and Young Girl),
140

     brother Moses and,
xvii
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7
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64
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69
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73
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77
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77-78
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83
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89
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120

     Claribel and,
130
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167
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169
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171
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172
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190

     death of,
viii
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213

     family role of,
120-121
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130
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146
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          as caretaker,
14
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20
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30
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64
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73
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79
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145-146

     fellow Baltimoreans’ view of,
xiv

     Gertrude Stein and,
25
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28
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29
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31
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32-33
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57
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64-65
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71
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73-74
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77
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78-79
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193
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194-195

          Alice B. Toklas’ impact on relationship,
72

          estrangement from Gertrude,
148

          possible sexual relationship with Gertrude,
26
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31

          
Three Lives
and,
147-148

     health and,
210-211

          art,
133
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170
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174

          illness during 1913 flu epidemic,
94

          manifestations of emotions in physical ailments,
63
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78
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120

          nurse,
121
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134-135

          pneumonia,
194

     Leo Stein and, vi,
14
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21
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42
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211-212

     Matisse and,
xiv
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xv
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xvii
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55-56
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153
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168
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174
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179
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181
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200
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203
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206-207
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209-210

          in Baltimore, xiii,
xvi
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xvii
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176

     Michael Steins and,
77-78
,
169

     other relatives of,
120

     personality of,
200

     personal finances annual income,
189

          Great Depression and,
xiv

          stock market crash and,
171

          as target of aspiring artists,
199

     Picasso and,
xv
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51-52
,
53

     as “redundant woman”,
14

     travels and,
35
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53
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167
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174
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203

          description of Colosseum,
21

          description of Naples,
20

          first trip to Europe,
19

          in Frankfurt,
34

          in Lucerne,
174
,
175

          second trip to Europe,
30

          third trip to Europe,
39-40

          view of, description of, Paris,
25

     as spinster, vi, xiii,
59

Cone Export & Commission Company,
11
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69
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121
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129

CONE FAMILY, ix,
7

     Bernard,
39
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70
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142

     Bertha (wife of Moses),
15

     Carrie (oldest Cone sister),
6

     Ceasar (brother),
6
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8
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11
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69
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103

          death of,
104

     Edward (nephew),
183

     Frances (niece),
183

     Fred (brother),
120
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121
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146
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167
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184

          death of,
210

     Harold (nephew),
178
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183-184

     Cone, Helen (mother) death of,
30

     Cone, Herman (father),
3
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4
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5
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8

          death of,
19

     Jeanette (wife of Ceasar),
171

     Julius (brother),
171

          death of,
207

     Laura (sister-in-law),
183

     Monroe (brother),
8

          death of,
11

     Moses (brother),
5
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8
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15
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64
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65-66
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69
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69-70
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70-71
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75
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77
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120

          death of,
78
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83

          establishment of Cone Export & Commission Company,
11

          physical description of,
14

     Solomon (brother),
8
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70

          death of,
205

     Sydney (brother),
70
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72
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103

          death of,
205

     Sydney (nephew),
157-158

CONE SISTERS

     art and, vi,
vii
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viii
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xiv
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xvi
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45
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129
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130
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131
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133-134
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136
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145
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154-155

     in Baltimore,
viii
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84
,
145

     as collectors, xiii,
133
,
134
,
135-136
,
149
,
152
,
154

     finances of,
129
,
142

     Gertrude Stein and,
vii
,
74-75

     Marlborough apartments and,
viii
, xiii,
xvi
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137
,
139-140
,
136
,
159

     Matisse and,
xvi
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127
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130
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131
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133
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134
,
136
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141
,
178-180

     Michael Stein and,
155-156

     the Michael Steins and,
148-149

     Picasso and,
61

     place in history of,
vii
, ix,
218

     the Steins and,
147
,
148-149

     travels of,
viii
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122
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130
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136
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137
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147
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155
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160
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163

Cone Wing at Baltimore Museum of Art,
216-217

     opening of,
viii

     renovation of, in 2001,
viii
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217

Coubine, Othon,
160
,
191

Courbet, Gustave,
191

     
Rivulet de Puits Noir
(The Shaded Stream at Le Puits Noir),
163-164

Cox, Kenyon,
95

Cross, Henri-Edmond,
160

Cubism,
90
,
203

Cushing, Howard,
92

Daniel Deronda
,
69

DeChirico, Giorgio,
203

Degas, Edgar,
153
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160
,
191
,
203

Delectorskaya, Lydia,
201-202

Demoiselles d'Avignon
(Young Women of Avignon),
67

Der Blaue Reiter
(The Blue Rider),
97
,
101

Derain, André,
90
,
99
,
191

Detroit Institute of Arts,
140
,
197

Dodge, Mabel,
148

Drachen Schult,
88

Druid Ridge Cemetery,
171
,
218

Duncan, Isadora,
102

Duthuit, George,
147
,
208

Eisner, Kurt,
107
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108
,
109
,
110

Eliot, George,
69

Ellis, Havelock,
27

Emma
,
3

Emmart, A.D.,
144
,
172-173

Eutaw Place,
5