Theodore Robinson
Mother and Child
1882-1891
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Theodore Robinson
Mother and Child
1882-1891
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 21 15/16 x 18 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (55.7 x 46 x 2.9) Framed: 33 1/4 x 29 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (84.5 x 74.6 x 13 cm)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.357
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, March 24, 1898; Robinson Estate Sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 1898
IN MONET'S LIGHT: THEODORE ROBINSON AT GIVERNY
"Paintings and Studies by the Late Theodore Robinson," New York: American Art Association, 1898, no. 9.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 26.
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, pp. 34, 215.
John I. H. Baur and Donelson F. Hoopes, "Three Nineteenth-Century American Painters: John Quidor, Eastman Johnson, Theodore Robinson," New York: Arno Press, 1969, pp. 69-70, no.149.
Sona Johnston, "Theodore Robinson, 1852-1896," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1973, p. 13, no. 12, ill.
"The Burlington Magazine," November 1980, vol. CXXII, no. 132, pp. 800, 802, fig. 132, ill.
"Art Across North America," "Apollo," January 1981, vol. CXIII, no. 3, p. 49, ill.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Paintings, 1750-1900, from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1983, pp. 135-136, no. 115, ill.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 55-56, 167.
Alexander W. Katlan, "American Artists' Materials Suppliers' Directory: Nineteenth Century," Park Ridge, NJ: Noyes Press, 1987, p. 357.
Sona Johnston and Paul Hayes Tucker, "In Monet's Light: Theodore Robinson at Giverny," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2004, p. 112, no. 18, ill.
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, p. 38.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 71.
Hilarie M. Sheets, "'My Two Baltimore Ladies,'" "ArtNews," May 2011, vol. 110, no. 5, p. 48.
Inscribed: Recto: There are no visible inscriptions on the recto. Verso: The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the verso. Frame Inscriptions Verso: Top right, white label, in black print, "MOSTRA/UNO SPECCHIO DELLA CREAZIONE/150 ANNI DI PITTURA AMERICANA DELLA NATURA/MUSDEI VATICAN/COLLEZIONE D'ARTE RELIGIOSA MODERNA/24 SEPTEMBRE - 23 NOVEMBRE 1980"; in black grease pencil, "896" Left vertical rail, in graphite, "Duveen 18 x 22 R"; in black grease pencil, "9896" Bottom or left vertical rail, in black grease pencil, "9" Right vertical rail, in black grease pencil, "268 ROBINSON"
