Pablo Picasso
Dr. Claribel Cone
1921
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Pablo Picasso
Dr. Claribel Cone
1921
Physical Qualities
Graphite, Sheet: 640 × 493 mm. (25 3/16 × 19 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.499
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Etta or Claribel Cone, by purchase 1922; the artist
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May - 25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012 - 10 February 2013.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, "Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler," 8 February - 21 April 2002, no. 39, p. 20.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November 1996 - 19 January 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August 1995.
"Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November 1982.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
Wildenstein Gallery at Columbia University, "The Artist and His World," 20 October - 27 November 1976.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Greensboro Public Library, "Cone Collection," 31 March - 14 April 1965.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, "Clouet to Matisse, French Drawings," 1958-59, traveled to Orangerie and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. no. 220.
Mr. Porter A. McCray, Committee for the Exhibition of French Drawings from American Collections, New York, NY, Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, Aug. 2 - Sept. 28, 1958; circulated to Orangerie, Paris, Oct. 2, 1958 - Jan. 2, 1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Feb. 2 - Mar. 15, 1959.
Museum of Modern Art, "Picasso," 22 May - 8 September 1957, traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 8 January - 23 February 1957, cat. no. 104.
Art Institute of Chicago, "Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition," 29 October - 8 December 1957, p. 54.
Knoedler Galleries, NY, "The Cone Collection," 1957.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, "The Cone Collection," October - November 1953.
Museum of Modern Art, "20th Century Portraits," 1942, p. 141.
BMA, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," 6 June - 1 September 1941, p. 113.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, "Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler," 8 February - 21 April 2002, no. 39, p. 20.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November 1996 - 19 January 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August 1995.
"Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November 1982.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
Wildenstein Gallery at Columbia University, "The Artist and His World," 20 October - 27 November 1976.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Greensboro Public Library, "Cone Collection," 31 March - 14 April 1965.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, "Clouet to Matisse, French Drawings," 1958-59, traveled to Orangerie and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, cat. no. 220.
Mr. Porter A. McCray, Committee for the Exhibition of French Drawings from American Collections, New York, NY, Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, Aug. 2 - Sept. 28, 1958; circulated to Orangerie, Paris, Oct. 2, 1958 - Jan. 2, 1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Feb. 2 - Mar. 15, 1959.
Museum of Modern Art, "Picasso," 22 May - 8 September 1957, traveled to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 8 January - 23 February 1957, cat. no. 104.
Art Institute of Chicago, "Picasso: 75th Anniversary Exhibition," 29 October - 8 December 1957, p. 54.
Knoedler Galleries, NY, "The Cone Collection," 1957.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, "The Cone Collection," October - November 1953.
Museum of Modern Art, "20th Century Portraits," 1942, p. 141.
BMA, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," 6 June - 1 September 1941, p. 113.
Baltimore Museum of Art Art. Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, page 5.
Pollack, Barbara. The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merill, 1962, opposite title page and detail on back cover, ill.
Baltimore Museum of Art. Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection. Revised edition. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 15, no. 322.
Carlson, Victor, and Carol Hynning Smith. Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Baltimore Museum of Art. New York, NY: The American Federation of Arts, 1979, pp. 91, ill.
Gabriel, Mary. The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone. [Baltimore, MD]: Bancroft Press, 2002, unpaged plate section.
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005.; p. 50, 53, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 33, 77, pl. 9, ill.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 13.
Inscribed: lower right in graphite: "Picasso 14-7-22"
Markings: WM: Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon
