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
Publication References
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.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, by purchase from Buchholz Gallery, New York, 12 Apr. 1948.
Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris
Matisse: Painter as Sculptor
Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers
Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories
Cone Wing Rotations 2021
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Inscribed: Signed: "J Lipchitz" on back of neck
Markings: Foundry stamp: "Bronze / Cire / C. Valsuani / Perdue"