Pablo Picasso
Woman with Bangs
1896-1906
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Pablo Picasso
Woman with Bangs
1896-1906
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 24 3/16 × 20 3/8 in. (61.4 × 51.8 cm.)
Framed: 33 5/8 × 29 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (85.4 × 74.6 × 6.4 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.268
It has been said that the tragic suicide of his friend, the painter Carlos Casagemas, precipitated young Picasso’s adoption of predominately somber colors during the years 1901–1904, referred to as his Blue Period. Together with the use of this palette came imagery focusing on the miseries of poverty, prostitution, and psychological depression. "Woman with Bangs" typifies the artist’s work at this time. A dark-haired woman with downcast, unfocused eyes is lost in reverie. The simplicity of her surroundings and attire gives emphasis to her doleful expression. In the spring of 1904, Picasso’s colors gradually changed, evolving into the delicate pink and flesh tones of his Rose Period, which prevailed during the next two years.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, 1929/30; Gertrude Stein, Paris, 1913/14; Leo and Gertrude Stein, Pairs, in or after April 1908
Adelyn D. Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture", April 1, 1930-December 1, 1930, no. 43. (Exhibited as "Portrait")
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", May 12, 1934-October 1, 1934.
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", June 6, 1941-September 1, 1941. (Exhibited as "The Blue Woman")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 69.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years", October 19, 1954-November 21, 1954, no. 122.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists", October 22, 1968-December 8, 1968, no. 132.
Margaret Potter, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family", December 19, 1970-March, 1, 1971; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, April 4, 1971-June 15, 1971; The San Francisco Museum of Art, September 9, 1971-October 31, 1971.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 40.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, "Picasso", April 15, 1975-May 17, 1975.
Alan Bowness, John Wilmerding and Wanda Corn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906", May 25, 1980-September 1, 1980, no. 171.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 12, 2000-July 16, 2000, no. 52; The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13, 2000-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 6, 2001-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30, 2001-September 23, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art", February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002, no. 35.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Selections from the Collection of Etta and Claribel Cone", circulated to The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005; The Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL as "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Impressionism to Surrealism, Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture from The Baltimore Museum of Art", February 5, 2005-May 1, 2005.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris", December 7, 2005-May 28, 2006.
Karen Levitov, The Jewish Museum, New York, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: the Cone Sisters of Baltimore", May 6, 2011-September 25, 2011; circulated to the Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2, 2011-September 23, 2012.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Paris and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde", May 21, 2011-September 6, 2011, no. 225; circulated to Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Paris, October 3, 2011-January 16, 2012; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 21, 2012-June 3, 2012.
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.
Museo Thussen-Bornemisza, "Picasso/Lautrec", October 17, 2017-January 21, 2018
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto "Rediscovering Picasso: Paris/Barcelona and the Blue Period", October 9, 2021-January 23, 2022. Circulated to The Phillips Collection, February 26, 2022-June 12, 2022.
Dallas Museum of Art, "Pablo Picasso: Imitation, Transformation, Innovation (working title)", September 15, 2024-January 12, 2025. Circulated to Portland Art Museum (Oregon) February 16, 2025-June 8, 2025.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection", May 12, 1934-October 1, 1934.
Adelyn Breeskin, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940", June 6, 1941-September 1, 1941. (Exhibited as "The Blue Woman")
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7, 1949-December 31, 1949, no. 69.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Man and His Years", October 19, 1954-November 21, 1954, no. 122.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to M. Knoedler & Company, New York, January 24, 1955-February 19, 1955.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists", October 22, 1968-December 8, 1968, no. 132.
Margaret Potter, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family", December 19, 1970-March, 1, 1971; circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, April 4, 1971-June 15, 1971; The San Francisco Museum of Art, September 9, 1971-October 31, 1971.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29, 1974-May 4, 1974, no. 40.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, "Picasso", April 15, 1975-May 17, 1975.
Alan Bowness, John Wilmerding and Wanda Corn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, "Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906", May 25, 1980-September 1, 1980, no. 171.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 6, 1985-November 24, 1985; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, December 14, 1985-February 9, 1986.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse, Picasso and Impressionist Masters from the Cone Collection", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, October 2, 1991-January 19, 1992.
Brenda Richardson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Van Gogh to Matisse: Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,November 21, 1993-January 30, 1994.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art and The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse", circulated to The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 12, 2000-July 16, 2000, no. 52; The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, August 13, 2000-November 26, 2000; The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, January 6, 2001-March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30, 2001-September 23, 2001; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, November 3, 2001-January 6, 2002.
Eric M. Zafran, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art", February 8, 2002-April 21, 2002, no. 35.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Selections from the Collection of Etta and Claribel Cone", circulated to The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005; The Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL as "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Impressionism to Surrealism, Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture from The Baltimore Museum of Art", February 5, 2005-May 1, 2005.
James Smalls, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Henry Ossawa Tanner and the Lure of Paris", December 7, 2005-May 28, 2006.
Karen Levitov, The Jewish Museum, New York, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: the Cone Sisters of Baltimore", May 6, 2011-September 25, 2011; circulated to the Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2, 2011-September 23, 2012.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Paris and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde", May 21, 2011-September 6, 2011, no. 225; circulated to Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais, Paris, October 3, 2011-January 16, 2012; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 21, 2012-June 3, 2012.
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.
Museo Thussen-Bornemisza, "Picasso/Lautrec", October 17, 2017-January 21, 2018
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto "Rediscovering Picasso: Paris/Barcelona and the Blue Period", October 9, 2021-January 23, 2022. Circulated to The Phillips Collection, February 26, 2022-June 12, 2022.
Dallas Museum of Art, "Pablo Picasso: Imitation, Transformation, Innovation (working title)", September 15, 2024-January 12, 2025. Circulated to Portland Art Museum (Oregon) February 16, 2025-June 8, 2025.
Maurice Raynal, "Picasso," Paris: Les Éditions G. Crès & Cie, 1922, pl. 15, ill. (Published as "Portrait")
"Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, pp. 2, 6, no. 43, ill. (Published as "Portrait")
"In the Cone Collection at the Museum Next Month," "The Baltimore Sun," March 23, 1930, p. P2. (Published as "Portrait Head by Picasso")
S.D. Emmart, "Art-The Cone Collection and The Independents' Exhibition," "The Baltimore Sun," March 30, 1930, Section 3, p. 12. (Published as "Portrait Head")
Christian Zervos, "Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1895 à 1906, vol. 1," Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'Art, 1932, p. XLIII, no. 118, pl. 59, ill. (Published as "Figure de Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 25, pl. 58, ill. (Published as "Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Gertrude Stein, "L'Atelier de Gertrude Stein," "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," January 1934, no. 140, vol. 11, p. 236, ill.
Adelyn Breeskin, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, pp. 85, 116. (Published as "The Blue Woman")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 18.
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, p. 40.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Memorial Exhibition," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," January-February, 1950, vol. XIII, nos. 4 and 5, pp. 14-15, p. 15, ill.
"Man and His Years," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1954, p. 38, no. 122.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 33, 37, no. 83, ill.
Howard Devree, "About Art and Artists: Works by Matisse, Picasso and Others From Cone Collection Displayed," "The New York Times," January 25, 1955, p. 23.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "A Picture Book: 200 Objects in the Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 65, ill.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Baltimore Museum Opens New Cone Wing," "The Christian Science Monitor," March 23, 1957, p. 10.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Worthy Home for Cone Collection," "The Washington Post and Times Herald," August 25, 1957, p. E7.
Eloise Spaeth, "American Art Museums and Galleries: An Introduction to Looking," New York: Harper & Bros, 1960, p. 50.
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: D. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, p. 216, ill. p. 173.
Herbert and Marjorie Katz, "Museums, U.S.A.: A History and Guide," New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1965, p. 31.
K. R. Greenfield, "The Museum: Its First Half Century," "Annual I," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1966, p. 53, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 29, 67, no. 79, ill.
Paolo Lecaldano and Alberto Moravia, "L'Opera Completa di Picasso Blu e Rosa," Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1968, pp. 89, 116, 118, no. 32, ill. (Published as "Donna con Frangetta")
Gertrude Rosenthal, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, p. 156, no. 132, ill.
J.P., "Les premiers Picasso de Gertrude Stein," "Connaissance des Arts," November 1969, no. 213, p. 127, ill. (Published as "Femme aux cheveux frangés")
Edward Burns, ed., "Gertrude Stein on Picasso," New York: Liveright, 1970, pp. 10-11, 36, 112, 123, pp. 10, 36, 112, 123, ill.
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. 90, 94, 164, ill. pp. 90, 94.
Douglas Cooper, Irene Gordon, Lucile M. Golson, Ellen B. Hirschland, Leon Katz and William Voss Elder, III, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1971, p. 19.
Bennard Perlman, "Art," "Baltimore Magazine," April 1971, p. 82.
"Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 40.
James P. Erdman, Roland Penrose and Robert Rosenblum, "Picasso: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of Cancer Care, Inc., The National Cancer Foundation," New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1975, n.p., ill.
Janet Hobhouse, "Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein," New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975, p. 63, ill.
Alan Bowness, John Wilmerding and Wanda Corn, "Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980, pp. 134, 248, no. 171, ill.
Israel Rosen, "The Cone Sisters: Myths, Realities and Some Conjectures," "Helicon Nine, the Journal of Women's Arts and Letters," Winter 1983, no. 9, p. 85.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 40, 106, 107, 109, 183, 202, pp. 40, 106, ill.
Pierre Daix and Georges Boudaille, "Picasso 1900-1906, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint," Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Editions Ides and Calendes, 1988, pp. 54, 209, no. VII. 10, ill. (Published as "Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Renate Stendhal, "Gertrude Stein: Ein Leben in Bildern und Texten," Zurich: Arche, 1989, pp. 64, 78, 83, ill.
Denys Chevalier, "Picasso the Blue and Rose Periods," New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1991, pp. 34, 35, 96, p. 34, ill.
Alicia Faxon, "The Shock of Recognition," "Art New England," December 1991/January 1992, p. 13.
Susan Chadwick, "MFA Makes Room for Baltimore Art Treasures," "The Houston Post," June 2, 1993, p. D1.
Dominique Fourcade, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, Claude Laugier, Éric de Chassey and Yve-Alain Bois, "Henri Matisse 1904-1917," Paris: Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, p. 116, ill.
Carol Vogel, "The Art Market," "The New York Times," June 4, 1993.
Andrew Patner, "Loyal Citizens of Baltimore," "Art & Antiques," June 1995, vol. XVIII, no. 6, pp. 66-67, p. 67, ill.
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 33, 145, fig. 10, ill.
Brenda Wineapple, "Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein," New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996, pp. 240, 251, 514, ill. p. 251.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 31, 142-143, 156, no. 52, ill.
Caroline Turner and Roger Benjamin, eds., "Matisse," South Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 2000, pp. 100, 303, fig. 3, ill.
Jay Fisher, "Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone: A Collection of Modern Art for Baltimore," in Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, ed., "Before Peggy Guggenheim: American Woman Art Collectors," Venice: Marsilio, 2001, p. 124.
Mary Gabriel, "The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone," Baltimore: Bancroft Press, 2002, pp. 170, 252, n.p., ill.
Eric M. Zafran, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2002, pp. 7, 19, 24 no. 35, ill.
William Zimmer, "Following the Path of Gertrude Stein," "The New York Times," February 17, 2002, section 14CN, p. 13.
Donald Miller, "A Coup for Naples," "Naples Daily News," February 4, 2005, p. 7D, p. 1D, ill.
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, pp. 152-153, 154, 221, 278, figs. 7.4, 8, ill.
Dianne Sachko Macleod, "Enchanted Lives, Enchanted Objects: American Women Collectors and the Making of Culture, 1800-1940," Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008, p. 203, fig. 79, ill.
Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow, eds., "The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde," San Francisco: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 112, 119, 365, 367, 371, 428, 487, no. 225, pls. 65, 350, 352, 356, ill.
Wanda M. Corn and Tirza True Latimer, "Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories," San Francisco and Washington, DC: Contemporary Jewish Museum and Smithsonian Institution, 2011, pp. 97, 158, 400, p. 97, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 22, 51, 77, pl. 27, ill.
Karen Rosenberg, "What They Loved and What They Bought," "The New York Times," May 6, 2011, p. C30.
Fillion, Susan. Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel: Bringing Matisse to America. Boston: David R. Godine, 2011, page 33.
Serraller, Francisco Calvo and Paloma Alarcó. "Picasso
"Cone Collection of Modern Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1930, pp. 2, 6, no. 43, ill. (Published as "Portrait")
"In the Cone Collection at the Museum Next Month," "The Baltimore Sun," March 23, 1930, p. P2. (Published as "Portrait Head by Picasso")
S.D. Emmart, "Art-The Cone Collection and The Independents' Exhibition," "The Baltimore Sun," March 30, 1930, Section 3, p. 12. (Published as "Portrait Head")
Christian Zervos, "Pablo Picasso, Oeuvres de 1895 à 1906, vol. 1," Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'Art, 1932, p. XLIII, no. 118, pl. 59, ill. (Published as "Figure de Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 25, pl. 58, ill. (Published as "Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Gertrude Stein, "L'Atelier de Gertrude Stein," "Gazette des Beaux-Arts," January 1934, no. 140, vol. 11, p. 236, ill.
Adelyn Breeskin, "A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1941, pp. 85, 116. (Published as "The Blue Woman")
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 18.
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, p. 40.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Memorial Exhibition," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," January-February, 1950, vol. XIII, nos. 4 and 5, pp. 14-15, p. 15, ill.
"Man and His Years," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1954, p. 38, no. 122.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 33, 37, no. 83, ill.
Howard Devree, "About Art and Artists: Works by Matisse, Picasso and Others From Cone Collection Displayed," "The New York Times," January 25, 1955, p. 23.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "A Picture Book: 200 Objects in the Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, p. 65, ill.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Baltimore Museum Opens New Cone Wing," "The Christian Science Monitor," March 23, 1957, p. 10.
Leslie Judd Portner, "Worthy Home for Cone Collection," "The Washington Post and Times Herald," August 25, 1957, p. E7.
Eloise Spaeth, "American Art Museums and Galleries: An Introduction to Looking," New York: Harper & Bros, 1960, p. 50.
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: D. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, p. 216, ill. p. 173.
Herbert and Marjorie Katz, "Museums, U.S.A.: A History and Guide," New York: Doubleday & Company Inc., 1965, p. 31.
K. R. Greenfield, "The Museum: Its First Half Century," "Annual I," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1966, p. 53, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 29, 67, no. 79, ill.
Paolo Lecaldano and Alberto Moravia, "L'Opera Completa di Picasso Blu e Rosa," Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1968, pp. 89, 116, 118, no. 32, ill. (Published as "Donna con Frangetta")
Gertrude Rosenthal, "From El Greco to Pollock: Early and Late Works by European and American Artists," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1968, p. 156, no. 132, ill.
J.P., "Les premiers Picasso de Gertrude Stein," "Connaissance des Arts," November 1969, no. 213, p. 127, ill. (Published as "Femme aux cheveux frangés")
Edward Burns, ed., "Gertrude Stein on Picasso," New York: Liveright, 1970, pp. 10-11, 36, 112, 123, pp. 10, 36, 112, 123, ill.
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. 90, 94, 164, ill. pp. 90, 94.
Douglas Cooper, Irene Gordon, Lucile M. Golson, Ellen B. Hirschland, Leon Katz and William Voss Elder, III, "Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1971, p. 19.
Bennard Perlman, "Art," "Baltimore Magazine," April 1971, p. 82.
"Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 40.
James P. Erdman, Roland Penrose and Robert Rosenblum, "Picasso: A Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of Cancer Care, Inc., The National Cancer Foundation," New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1975, n.p., ill.
Janet Hobhouse, "Everybody Who Was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein," New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975, p. 63, ill.
Alan Bowness, John Wilmerding and Wanda Corn, "Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980, pp. 134, 248, no. 171, ill.
Israel Rosen, "The Cone Sisters: Myths, Realities and Some Conjectures," "Helicon Nine, the Journal of Women's Arts and Letters," Winter 1983, no. 9, p. 85.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 40, 106, 107, 109, 183, 202, pp. 40, 106, ill.
Pierre Daix and Georges Boudaille, "Picasso 1900-1906, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint," Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Editions Ides and Calendes, 1988, pp. 54, 209, no. VII. 10, ill. (Published as "Femme aux Cheveux Frangés")
Renate Stendhal, "Gertrude Stein: Ein Leben in Bildern und Texten," Zurich: Arche, 1989, pp. 64, 78, 83, ill.
Denys Chevalier, "Picasso the Blue and Rose Periods," New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1991, pp. 34, 35, 96, p. 34, ill.
Alicia Faxon, "The Shock of Recognition," "Art New England," December 1991/January 1992, p. 13.
Susan Chadwick, "MFA Makes Room for Baltimore Art Treasures," "The Houston Post," June 2, 1993, p. D1.
Dominique Fourcade, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine, Claude Laugier, Éric de Chassey and Yve-Alain Bois, "Henri Matisse 1904-1917," Paris: Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, 1993, p. 116, ill.
Carol Vogel, "The Art Market," "The New York Times," June 4, 1993.
Andrew Patner, "Loyal Citizens of Baltimore," "Art & Antiques," June 1995, vol. XVIII, no. 6, pp. 66-67, p. 67, ill.
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 33, 145, fig. 10, ill.
Brenda Wineapple, "Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein," New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996, pp. 240, 251, 514, ill. p. 251.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 31, 142-143, 156, no. 52, ill.
Caroline Turner and Roger Benjamin, eds., "Matisse," South Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Art Gallery, 2000, pp. 100, 303, fig. 3, ill.
Jay Fisher, "Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone: A Collection of Modern Art for Baltimore," in Rosella Mamoli Zorzi, ed., "Before Peggy Guggenheim: American Woman Art Collectors," Venice: Marsilio, 2001, p. 124.
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Inscribed: Recto: Top left in blue paint, "Picass" Verso: The canvas has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the verso. Frame Inscriptions Top left, browned label with a red border, "Picasso/(Woman with/BANGS" Top center, white label in black print, "ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES, Inc./18 East 79th Street/New York, N.Y. 10021/EXHIBITION PABLO PICASSO/Cancer Care, Inc./April 16 - May 17, 1975/ 'Woman with Bangs', 1902" Top right, square brown label in black print, "Museum of Modern Art/LOAN/Baltimore Mus./70.944" Lower right corner in black grease pencil, "20 x 24" Bottom right in black grease pencil, "415852" Bottom center, stamp, "MADE IN HOLLAND" Bottom left corner, browned label with a red border, in graphite and crossed out, "CO 5283" Bottom left corner, in black grease pencil, "20 x 24"
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