William Zorach
Etta Cone
1943
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William Zorach
Etta Cone
1943
Physical Qualities
Marble, 20 x 8 x 10 in. (50.8 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.400
William Zorach was one of the earliest and most influential American sculptors dedicted to direct carving. He delighted in selecting unusual blocks of stone and discovering, as he worked, the grain and color of the material that inspired the final subject and design of the sculpture. Etta Cone commissioned this marble portrait as well as a bronze version, from the artist in 1943.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; (commissioned) purchase from artist, 1943
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 48, no. 180.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (rev. ed.), Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 71 no. 169.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 193.
Inscribed: Base of neck, side: "Zorach / 1943"
