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
In 1907, after an active period of buying Picasso's early drawings and prints, the Cones ceased purchased his works and did not resume until 1922. Following a long stay in Europe from 1904 to 1907, Etta returned to Baltimore. Picasso gave this little sketch to Gertrude Stein to be included in a letter to Etta. Hat in hand, he clearly missed his patron. In spite of Claribel's more dominant personality, Picasso chose to call the sisters "the Miss Etta Cones," for it was Etta who visited his studio often in the company of Gertrude Stein.
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"
