Leon Kroll
Frenchwoman: Portrait of a Lady from Honfleur
1922
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Leon Kroll
Frenchwoman: Portrait of a Lady from Honfleur
1922
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 24 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 5/8 in. (61.3 × 51.1 × 1.6 cm.)
Framed: 30 1/16 × 26 1/16 × 2 in. (76.4 × 66.2 × 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.341
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, December 13, 1930; the artist, New York
Ronald J. McKinney, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Exhibition of Baltimore Owned Art Treasures," January 17, 1933 - March 27, 1933; exhibited as "Head of a French Girl."
Ronald J. McKinney, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Survey of American Painting," January 10, 1934 - February 28, 1934; exhibited as "Head of a French Girl."
Ronald J. McKinney, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," May 12, 1934 - October 1, 1934.
Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, "An Exhibition of Paintings by Leon Kroll," April 25, 1935 - June 2, 1935.
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," June 6, 1941 - September 1, 1941; exhibited as "Portrait of a Lady."
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Art 1900-1930: Paintings and Works on Paper from the Museum Collection," September 2, 1978 - October 29, 1978.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996 - January 6, 1997.
Ronald J. McKinney, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Survey of American Painting," January 10, 1934 - February 28, 1934; exhibited as "Head of a French Girl."
Ronald J. McKinney, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," May 12, 1934 - October 1, 1934.
Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, "An Exhibition of Paintings by Leon Kroll," April 25, 1935 - June 2, 1935.
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," June 6, 1941 - September 1, 1941; exhibited as "Portrait of a Lady."
Jay Fisher and Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "American Art 1900-1930: Paintings and Works on Paper from the Museum Collection," September 2, 1978 - October 29, 1978.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996 - January 6, 1997.
Ronald J. McKinney, "Exhibition of Baltimore Owned Art Treasures," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1933, p. 16, no. 52; listed as "Head of a French Girl."
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, pl. 77, ill.
Ronald J. McKinney, "A Survey of American Painting," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1934, p. 20, no. 46; exhibited as "Head of a French Girl."
"An Exhibition of Paintings by Leon Kroll," Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1935, no. 10.
Leslie Cheek, Jr., "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, p. 82; listed as "Portrait of a Lady."
Jane Watson Crane, "Baltimore Shows French Art," "The Washington Post," August 17, 1947, p. L5 (listed as "Head of a Girl").
Leon Kroll, "Leon Kroll A Spoken Memoir," Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia for the University of Virginia Art Museum, 1983, no. 87, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 150, 183.
Sona Johnston, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," Baltimore: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 1996, no. 5.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower right in black paint, "Leon Kroll 1923" Verso: Middle of top vertical stretcher in graphite, "French Lady/Madame Giroud/t" Top of right vertical stretcher in graphite, "Leon Kroll/39 W____57/67" Top of left vertical stretcher in black grease pencil, "#346" Frame Inscriptions Top horizontal rail in black grease pencil, "KROLL #345 #4 371" These inscriptions are normally covered by the frame buildup. Scratched out, "#345" In graphite, "#4"
