Jacques Lipchitz
Gertrude Stein
1919-1946
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Jacques Lipchitz
Gertrude Stein
1919-1946
Physical Qualities
Bronze, 17 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (45.4 x 22.2 x 26 cm)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.396
Bronze portrait of Gertrude Stein
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, by purchase from Buchholz Gallery, New York, 12 Apr. 1948.
"Pictures for a Picture of Gertrude Stein as a Collector and Writer on Art and Artists," Yale University Art Gallery, 11 Feb. - 11 Mar. 1951, no. 17, p. 28; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art 21 Mar. - 21 Apr. 1951.
"Jacques Lipchitz," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 11 Mar. - 11 Apr. 1960, no. 10; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art 26 Apr. - 29 May, 1960.
"The Head in Sculpture," American University, Washington, D. C., 5 Mar. - 9 Apr. 1967.
"This New Man," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C., 28 Sep. - 31 Dec. 1968.
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collection of Gertrude Stein and her Family," MOMA, 16 Dec. 1970 - 1 Mar. 1971; The Baltimore Museum of Art, 4 April - 13 June, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, 15 Sept. - 31 Oct. 1971.
"The Life and Work of Jacques Lipchitz," Metropolitan Museum, New York, 6 Jun. - 5 Sep. 1972.
"Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art, " Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 29 Mar. - 11 May, 1974, no. 56.
"60 Years on The Arts Club Stage: A Souvenir Exhibition of Portraits," The Arts Club of Chicago, 17 Nov. 1975 - 3 Jan. 1976, no. 100, p. 56.
"The Spirit of Appreciation: Masterpieces from the Cone Collection," The Baltimore Museum of Art produced, circulated to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 6 Oct. - 24 Nov. 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 14 Dec. - 9 Feb. 1986.
"Jacques Lipchitz: A Life in Sculpture," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Canada, 15 Dec. - 1989 - 11 Mar. 1990; circulated to Winnipeg Art Gallery, Nelson Atkins Museum, The Jewish Museum, New York; housed at New York Historical Society through April 1991.
"Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2 Oct. 1991 - 19 Jan. 1992.
"Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler,"
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 8 feb. - 21 mar. 2002, no. 19 pp. 16, pp.17 ill.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to; North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5, 2005 - May 1, 2005.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; The Baltimore Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008, checklist no. 156.
The Bruce Museum, "Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends and Lovers," September 29, 2008 - January 18, 2009.
Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco, "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories," April 16, 2011-September 5, 2011 and circulated to The National Portrait Gallery October 7, 2011 - January 22, 2012.
"Jacques Lipchitz," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 11 Mar. - 11 Apr. 1960, no. 10; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art 26 Apr. - 29 May, 1960.
"The Head in Sculpture," American University, Washington, D. C., 5 Mar. - 9 Apr. 1967.
"This New Man," National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D. C., 28 Sep. - 31 Dec. 1968.
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collection of Gertrude Stein and her Family," MOMA, 16 Dec. 1970 - 1 Mar. 1971; The Baltimore Museum of Art, 4 April - 13 June, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, 15 Sept. - 31 Oct. 1971.
"The Life and Work of Jacques Lipchitz," Metropolitan Museum, New York, 6 Jun. - 5 Sep. 1972.
"Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art, " Wildenstein Galleries, New York, 29 Mar. - 11 May, 1974, no. 56.
"60 Years on The Arts Club Stage: A Souvenir Exhibition of Portraits," The Arts Club of Chicago, 17 Nov. 1975 - 3 Jan. 1976, no. 100, p. 56.
"The Spirit of Appreciation: Masterpieces from the Cone Collection," The Baltimore Museum of Art produced, circulated to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 6 Oct. - 24 Nov. 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 14 Dec. - 9 Feb. 1986.
"Jacques Lipchitz: A Life in Sculpture," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Canada, 15 Dec. - 1989 - 11 Mar. 1990; circulated to Winnipeg Art Gallery, Nelson Atkins Museum, The Jewish Museum, New York; housed at New York Historical Society through April 1991.
"Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2 Oct. 1991 - 19 Jan. 1992.
"Impressionism to Surrealism From the Baltimore Museum of Art. Selections from the Collection of Claribel and Etta Cone, Saidie Adler May and Blanche Adler,"
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 8 feb. - 21 mar. 2002, no. 19 pp. 16, pp.17 ill.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to; North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, Naples Museum of Art February 5, 2005 - May 1, 2005.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash; The Baltimore Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," Dallas, January 21 - April 29, 2007; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, June 9 - September 16, 2007; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 28, 2007- February 3, 2008, checklist no. 156.
The Bruce Museum, "Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends and Lovers," September 29, 2008 - January 18, 2009.
Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco, "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories," April 16, 2011-September 5, 2011 and circulated to The National Portrait Gallery October 7, 2011 - January 22, 2012.
Gertrude Stein, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933, 249-50.
Gertrude Rosenthal, 'Portraits of Gertrude Stein in the BMA Collections,' "BMA News " 15 Apr. 1951, p. 3.
Baltimore Museum of Art Art. Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, cat. no. 139, page 48.
'National Portrait Gallery,' "Museum News," 47:1, Sep. 1968, p. 33.
George Wickes, "Americans in Paris," New York: Doubleday & Co. , 1969, pl. 6.
James R. Mellow, "Charmed Circle," New York: Avon, 1974, 384.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta," Baltimore: BMA, 1985, 194.
Dorothy Kosinski, Jay McKean Fisher, Steven Nash, "Matisse: Painter as Sculptor," New Haven and London: Yale Univeristy Press, 2008, p. 213, cat. no. 156, color ill.
Samantha Baskind, Larry Silver, "Jewish Art: A Modern History," London: Reaktion Books, 2011, p. 96.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 11.
Inscribed: Signed: "J Lipchitz" on back of neck
Markings: Foundry stamp: "Bronze / Cire / C. Valsuani / Perdue"
