Jacques Lipchitz
Gertrude Stein
1919
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Jacques Lipchitz
Gertrude Stein
1919
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
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"
