Pablo Picasso
Self-Portrait (Bonjour Mlle Cone)
1906
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Pablo Picasso
Self-Portrait (Bonjour Mlle Cone)
1906
Physical Qualities
Pen and brown ink, Sheet: 211 × 139 mm. (8 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.481
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by gift; from the artist, Paris, 1908
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, 6 May - 25 September 2011, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2 June-23 September 2012, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, 3 November 2012 - 10 February 2013.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Picasso: The Circus," 22 April - 22 July 2001.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
"Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
BMA, "Picasso: The Museum Collection," 11 July - 27 August 1989.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Taste of Maryland," 17 May - 28 August 1984.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Greensboro Public Library, "Cone Collection," 31 March - 14 April 1965.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," 16 December 1970 - 1 March 1971; BMA, 4 April - 13 June, 1971; San Francisco Museum, 30 September - 31 October 1971.
Katy Rothkopf, "Matisse, Picasso and the School of Paris," circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, October 10, 2004 - January 16, 2005, and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, March 2 - June 3, 2007.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Picasso: The Circus," 22 April - 22 July 2001.
Jay Fisher, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from the Cone Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, 17 November, 1996 - 19 January, 1997; Seattle Art Museum 20 February - 20 April, 1997; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 18 May - 13 July, 1997.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
"Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 1991 - January 1992.
BMA, "Picasso: The Museum Collection," 11 July - 27 August 1989.
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Taste of Maryland," 17 May - 28 August 1984.
The Wildenstein Gallery, NY, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein, New York," 29 March - 11 May 1974.
Greensboro Public Library, "Cone Collection," 31 March - 14 April 1965.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," 16 December 1970 - 1 March 1971; BMA, 4 April - 13 June, 1971; San Francisco Museum, 30 September - 31 October 1971.
The Museum of Modern Art, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970, pp. 77.
Victor I. Carlson, "Picasso: Drawings and Watercolors, 1899-1907 in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, cat. 46.
The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland, 1830-1934. [Baltimore, MD]: [Walters Art Gallery], 1984, plate 86, page 49.
The International Review published by The Drawing Society, Vol. XVII, No.1, May - June 1995, p.3, ill.
Zorzi, Rosella Mamoli. Before Peggy Guggenheim. Venezia: Marsilio, 2001, fig. 2.
Gabriel, Mary. The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone. [Baltimore, MD]: Bancroft Press, 2002, unpaged plate section.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 32, 77, pl. 8, ill.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 16.
Inscribed: across top in black ink: "Bonjour Mlle Cone"
