The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone (28 page)

     
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Chapter Notes

A
BBREVIATIONS

ABT:
Alice B. Toklas

BMA:
Baltimore Museum of Art

CC:
Claribel Cone

CCol:
Cone Collection, BMA

EC:
Etta Cone

EPFL:
Enoch Pratt Free Library

GS:
Gertrude Stein

HM:
Henri Matisse

JHU:
Johns Hopkins University

JHS:
Jewish Historical Society MD

LS:
Leo Stein

MDHS:
Maryland Historical Society

MS:
Michael Stein

SteinCol:
Stein Collection, Yale

Baltimore, 1930

1. “I'm still on my portraits”. . . Schneider, Matisse, 416.

2. In those days. . . Rogers, Ladies Bountiful, 3.

3. The once penniless. . . Herrera, Matisse: A Portrait, 150.

4. “Yes, but sometimes the. . .”, Pollack, The Collectors, 200-201.

5. Nearly every surface. . . Baltimore Sun, Sept. 14, 1949, np.

6. Later, in an interview,. . . Baltimore Sun, Jan. 15, 1950, Sec. A, 3.

7. The bespectacled artist. . . Baltimore Sun, Dec. 18, 1930, 5, 22.

8. The artist spent the night. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 217.

9. And for many, his. . . Gutman interview.

Baltimore, 1872

1. “I have none of the usual. . .” Austen, Emma, 103.

2. The established Jewish community. . . MDHS, Cone, Sydney Jr., The Cones of Bavaria, 10.

3. Cone and his partner. . . ibid, 31.

4. That, coupled with the. . . Fein, The Making of an American Jewish Community, 95.

5. In 1870, only about. . . Brugger, Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 391.

6. Southwest Baltimore, not far. . . ibid, 401.

7. In the center of town. . . Olson, The Building of an American City, 206.

8. In addition, horse-drawn carriages. . . ibid, 161.

9. But the family resided. . . Brugger, Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 347.

10. “Today, for the first time,”. . . Pollock, The Collectors, 19.

11. The nineteenth century woman was. . . Faderman, Surpassing the Love of Men, 204-205.

12. She was supposed to strive. . . Banner, American Beauty, 49.

13. In 1874, Dr. Edward Clark. . . Clinton, The Other Civil War, 130-131.

14. In a speech to the Maryland. . . Cordell, Medical Annals of Maryland, 173.

15. The formulaic books had. . . Spaeth, “Medical Studies and Women,” 1109; Walsh, Reminiscences of 30 Years, 180.

16. One reason offered. . . Clinton, The Other Civil War, 130.

17. Its goal was to provide. . . Abrahams, Extinct Medical Schools, 71.

18. Women doctors at the. . . Clinton, The Other Civil War, 144.

Baltimore, 1892

1. “Then we went to Baltimore. . .” Stein, Gertrude, Everybody's Autobiography, 157

2. The two youngest Stein. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 16.

3. From the proceeds. . . ibid, 20-21.

4. Her cousin Helen. . . ibid, 22-23.

5. The Baltimore Sun said. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 38.

6. In fact, Dr. Claribel. . . Benstock, Women of the Left Bank, 146.

7. During their separation. . . Stein, Gertrude, Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, 77.

8. Moses was a large. . . MDHS, Cone, Sydney Jr., The Cones of Bavaria, 59.

9. She was the epitome of. . . Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still, 57.

10. Popular magazines featured. . . Banner, American Beauty, 162.

11. Interest in artists grew. . . Green, The Light of the Home, 93.

12. . . . and the trend became. . . Donnelly, The American Victorian Woman, 103.

13. Her money purchased. . . Richardson, Brenda, Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 167.

14. When the purchases arrived. . . Pollock, The Collectors, 34.

15. Louis Prang and Company. . . Green, The Light of the Home, 107.

16. Claribel at the time was one of. . . Chesney, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 22.

17. Leo, declaring he could. . . Mellow, The Charmed Circle, 42-43.

18. Claribel and Gertrude would ride. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 37.

19. Anyone who knew Gertrude. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 38-39.

20. Gertrude's thesis was. . . BMA CCol, Stein, Gertrude, “Value of a College Education for Women”.

21. The “new woman” or “bachelor. . . Banner, American Beauty, 151; Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still, 165.

Florence, 1901

1. “There was an open door. . .” Nyburg, The Buried Rose, 154.

2. . . . as a “holiday from Victorianism. . .” Banner, American Beauty, 180.

3. “Awoke at 4:30 am. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, May 23, 1901.

4. “. . . as a general rule. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 41.

5. “Isn't it odd that. . .” ibid, 234.

6. “It was glorious. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, May 29, 1901.

7. “Saw women ploughing. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, May 27, 1901.

8. Mary, Berenson's companion,. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 44.

9. “Keep your eye on. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation, Painting, Poetry and Prose, 143.

10. “. . . too much covered. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, May 28, 1901.

11. “Made our third visit. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 5, 1901.

12. She wrote of being “keenly”. . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 3, 1901.

13. “Finally reached Uffizi by. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 13, 1901.

14. Etta described their “lonely march”. . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 18, 1901.

15. “hospitality touching but. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, July 21, 1901.

16. During a visit to. . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, July 27, 1901.

17. “I was not in the mood. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Aug. 29, 1901.

18. “Went to the Louvre. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Aug. 31, 1901.

19. In fact, the decision to stay. . . she had flunked four. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 44-45.

20. “detested women doctors. . .” Mencken, H.L., The Diary of H.L. Mencken, 115.

21. The air of experimentation. . . Hobhouse, Everybody Who Was Anybody, 25.

22. In it, she described. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 59.

23. As early as the 18th century. . . Faderman, Surpassing, 298.

24. The unions were not believed. . . ibid, 152.

25. Women who were attracted. . . ibid, 239.

26. In 1897, Havelock Ellis. . . ibid. 241.

27. A sensational 1892 case. . . Clinton, The Other Civil War, 164.

28. “Arose late & Gertrude. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 10, 1901.

29. “. . . Got up at 1 p.m. . . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 4, 1901.

30. “. . . talked with Gertrude. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 15, 1901.

31. Gertrude left her at 2 a.m. . . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 23, 1901.

32. Etta retired for the evening. . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 22, 1901.

33. In her diary. . . “I've got the fever. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 17, 1901.

34. The only diary entry. . . BMA CCol, EC Diary, Sept. 13, 1901.

35. While Etta and her group. . . Herrera, Matisse, A Portrait, 43.

36. “Uneventful in every. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Oct. 3, 1901.

37. On October 7. . . “I fear I am not. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Oct. 7, 1901.

38. But on October 8. . . “Clear beautiful day. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, Oct. 8, 1901.

39. The underlined phrase. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 63.

40. The request indicated that. . . Burke, “Gertrude Stein,” 548.

41. “We went to the Uffizi. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 16, 1903.

42. The next day, Etta wrote. . . “enormous difference in. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 17, 1903.

43. And she began “working out the influence. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 21, 1903.

44. “Went to the Academy. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 22, 1903.

45. “Started off after. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 23, 1903.

46. “Walked to the Fiesole. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 26, 1903.

47. But within four days. . . “Gertrude and I had. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, June 30, 1903.

48. On July 2,. . . “The woods were gorgeous. . .” BMA CCol, EC Diary, July 2, 1901.

49. It was by the post-Impressionists. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 180.

50. Gertrude said she would live. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 53.

51. In February 1904. . . Olson, The Building of an American City, 246.

Paris, 1905

1. “The art of the time is paradoxically. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 85.

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