The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone (29 page)

2. “I told him not to have it. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 62.

3. Their European itinerary was. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 82.

4. In 1903, Bernard Berenson. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 153-154.

5. What he found in Cezanne. . . ibid, 146.

6. There was nothing to even indicate. . . ibid, 154-155.

7. Vollard, said Leo, liked. . . ibid,. 194.

8. Leo stretched out. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 183.

9. During his frequent musings on. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 63.

10. Years later, Leo wrote, “What you don't know. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 100-101.

11. From 1905 to 1907, wrote Matisse. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 57.

12. To the public he sold art. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 80-81.

13. The ex-clowm, said Leo, “twinkled. . .” . . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 168-169.

14. When Picasso looked at a drawing. . . ibid, 170.

15. But he reserved that bit. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 22.

16. Picasso's mistress, Fernande Olivier, described. . . “There weren't many. . .” ibid, 30.

17. One ramshackle building. . . ibid, 26.

18. Opposite the building. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 3.

19. The Picasso gang would. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 36.

20. The Bateau Lavoir. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 15-17.

21. Shortly after purchasing. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 169.

22. Fernande Olivier wrote, “I remember how surprised. . .” Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 82.

23. Leo described Picasso. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 170.

24. On that first visit, the Steins purchased. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 99.

25. The sisters entered at. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 109.

26. The art critic Louis Vauxcelles. . . Flam, Matisse, A Retrospective, 47.

27. Claribel wrote: “The Walls were covered with. . .” Mellow, Charmed Circle, 79.

28. Leo found “La Femme. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 158.

29. In the Journel de Rouen. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 55.

30. But to Leo, it was “art with a capital A. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . . ., 159.

31. He told Matisse. . . Hobhouse, Everybody Who Was Anybody, 41.

32. The woman with whom. . . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 19.

33. The child, however, could. . . ibid, 29.

34. By 1900, Matisse and Amelie had two. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 40.

35. Matisse took a job painting. . . ibid, 40-41.

36. In the spring of 1901. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 43-44.

37. They didn't follow through. . . ibid, 43-44.

38. In August 1904, Matisse wrote. . . “I think painting will. . .” ibid, 48.

39. Early in his struggles. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 159-160.

40. Leo found him intelligent. . . ibid, 158.

41. Sally considered herself an artist. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 58.

42. On November 2, 1905, Etta. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 90.

43. A smiling though harried concierge. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 12.

44. The doors were scarred. . . ibid, 5.

45. Cinder was piled beside. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 47.

46. The curtainless windows. . . ibid, 48.

47. In the winter, a bitter. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 17.

48. Picasso painted standing up. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 53-54.

49. His palette was dirty. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 170.

50. At the time, Fernande said. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 21.

51. Later, Gertrude teased. . . Stein, Gertrude, The Autobiography. . ., 52.

52. The Michael Steins were known. . . Toklas, What is Remembered, 22.

53. “They all had a sense. . .” Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 187.

54. “From 1905 to the beginning. . .” ibid, 197.

1. “What can be said about. . .” Flam, Matisse A Retrospective, 68-69.

2. To the artist who needed her. . . Rogers, Ladies Bountiful, 3.

3. He had even ordered his wife. . . “The dirtiness of some of. . .” BMA CCol, CC Notes on Nevinson.

4. Two weeks after she purchased. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 168.

5. Gertrude needed someone to. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 54.

6. She began writing under. . . ibid, 56-58.

7. Three Lives marked. . . Benstock, Women of the Left Bank, 166-167.

8. Leo would not say he liked. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 58.

9. Etta, she wrote, was. . . Stein, Gertrude, Autobiography. . ., 52-53.

10. He said it remained “unequivocal”. . . Sutherland, “Alice and Gertrude and Others,” 297.

11. Gertrude once wrote, “It is one of the peculiarities. . .” Stein, Gertrude, Q.E.D., 55.

12. There was Max Jacob. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 56; Warnod, Washboat Days, 99.

13. Picasso took the money. . . Olivier, Picasso and his friends, 118.

14. Even Signac, who had previously. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 81-82.

15. There is some question, too,. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 158.

16. It would have been a very expensive. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 82.

17. Etta left Paris reluctantly. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 79-80.

18. John Stuart Mill wrote, “All the moralities tell. . .” Vicinus, Suffer and Be Still, 161.

19. Ironically, Etta received a marriage proposal that winter. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 101.

20. Years later, she explained that. . . Edward T. Cone interview.

21. Nursing what she called her “bum gut”. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 85.

22. Etta said she would probably. . . “Goodness knows how long. . .” ibid, 86.

23. Etta responded: “Poor little Picasso!. . .” Yale, SteinCol., EC to GS, Oct. 6, 1906.

24. Sunday newspaper supplements at the. . . Banner, American Beauty, 238.

25. “It may seem very strange. . .” Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 66.

26. Matisse, now 37, appeared. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 88.

27. . . . old man of art compared with Picasso. . . Saarinen, Proud Possessors, 186.

28. Fernande called Matisse. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 84-85.

29. The twenty-five-year-old Picasso,. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 170-172.

30. And when he didn't. . . Olivier, Picasso and his Friends, 151.

31. The younger artist. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 85.

32. Within a year of each other. . . ibid, 86.

33. For Picasso, it was his. . . ibid, 86; Wertenbaker, The World of Picasso, 53.

1. “Make up your mind to. . .” Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 107.

2. In December 1907, Etta and her. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 90.

3. Both were used to having their. . . ibid, 92.

4. In the years after Moses. . . EPFL, Cone, Bertha Lindau, notes.

5. And, fully in charge. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

6. Solomon, four years younger than. . . MDHS, Cone, Sydney Jr., Cones of Bavaria, 127-128.

7. If Moses felt it necessary. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

8. She utterly exasperated Moses. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 92.

9. During a journey down the Nile. . . ibid, 92.

10. Moses purchased stone Buddhas. . . ibid, 92-93.

11. On February 6, 1907, from Cairo, she wrote. . . “Every whit of my oriental. . .” ibid, 91.

12. When she did, she stepped. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 81.

13. From Cairo, she wrote Gertrude, “I am most jealous that. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Feb. 6, 1907.

14. In Darjeeling. . . “I am hating the idea. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, March 30, 1907.

15. In a Rosh Hashanah greeting. . . “Happy New Year to you. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Sept. 9, 1907.

16. From China, she wrote Gertrude. . . “Now do be amiable and send. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, May 11, 1907.

17. And though Etta. . . “I hate, I despise Baltimore. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Jan. 7, 1908.

18. Claribel did not invite Etta. . . Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Sept. 9, 1907.

19. Etta's Paris fever was heightened. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 168.

20. Etta commented: “I love Picasso and. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Feb. 24, 1908.

21. Shortly after, Etta wrote Gertrude, “I shall sail sure as fate on. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 97.

22. Ida, a prominent woman,. . . Arthur J. Gutman interview.

23. Etta described her. . . Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Dec. 4, 1907.

24. Etta described her. . . “heart still beats hot. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Jan. 7, 1908.

25. “The poor thing,” she lamented, “is so walled. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, April 14, 1908.

26. Gertrude's new companion was. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 105.

27. “Gertrude took me in Florence. . .” Toklas, What Is Remembered, 48.

28. With his death in 1906. . . “the man of the moment.”. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 174.

29. But as early as 1907. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 83.

30. Matisse called Picasso “unsympathetic as a man. . .” Toklas, What Is Remembered, 38-39.

31. The Parisian art world. . . “served to increase. . .” Barr, Matisse His Art, 94-95.

32. Just as Picasso and Matisse. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 174.

33. Now, a sufficient number of younger. . . Flam, Matisse A Retrospective, 103.

34. The prospering artist also. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 72.

35. “On the strength of these. . .” Barr, Matisse His Art, 113.

36. In June 1908. . . “Like nearly all the other. . .” ibid, 113-114.

37. James Gibbons Huneker. . . ibid, 114.

38. In August, they returned. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 99.

39. In June, Etta wrote. . . “It is the dream of my life. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to MS, June 15, 1908.

40. In April, Etta wrote. . . “I have meant to write. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, April 11, 1909.

41. July 25: “My silence only means that. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, July 25, 1909.

42. August 22: “. . . honestly Gertrude, you cannot. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Aug. 22, 1909.

43. September 26: “There is no need to deny. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Sept. 26, 1909.

44. And finally, in December she wrote. . . “My brother's death almost. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Dec. 12, 1909.

45. And, “I wish, oh I do wish. . .” Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Jan. 10, 1910.

1. “You want to see life—. . . .” James, The Portrait of a Lady, 203.

2. She wrote Etta that. . . “most terribly flattered. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Dec. 2, 1906.

3. And, in another letter, she confided. . . “I cannot hear from too. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, July 7, 1910.

4. Albrecht no doubt. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, May 30, 1904.

5. Even at the height. . . “usually too late to. . .” “Eccentric Esthetes,” 95-96.

6. She told an interviewer. . . “I never get my work. . .” The Evening Sun, April 8, 1911, 4.

7. To describe the last group. . . “Idleness has as a good. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 88.

8. Claribel, the woman with. . . “credit to both their. . .” Abrahams, Extinct Medical Schools, 72.

9. “There is a sort of intolerable. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, June 22, 1910.

10. “Do you know as to. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, June 30, 1910.

11. “You do not know what. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Sept. 2, 1910.

12. As the middle Cone sister. . . “Dr. Cone has often been. . .” The Evening Sun, April 8, 1911, 4.

13. She was described by. . . “the only lady who combines. . .” BMA CCol, MS to CC, Dec. 26, 1910.

14. And, in fact, at some point. . . Cone, Claribel, Aunt Etta, 2.

15. “Do you know every now. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Aug. 7, 1910.

16. From FRankfurt, Claribel traveled. . . “music-music-music. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, July 8, 1910.

17. “Oh how I love this. . .” BMA CCol, Aug. 25, 1910.

18. “How awesome it was. . .” BMA CCol, Aug. 25, 1910.

19. Drastic changes had come. . . “salon des refuses”. . . Toklas, What is Remembered, 62.

20. Leo and Gertrude quarreled. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 192-193.