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Artist:
William Zorach, born Eurburg, Lithuania 1889-died Bath, ME 1966  Search this
Sitter:
Etta Cone  Search this
Medium:
cast plaster on plaster base
Dimensions:
14 x 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (35.5 x 21.6 x 24.8 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
1943
Luce Center Label:
William Zorach modeled this portrait of Etta Cone from life. He traveled to Baltimore, where she and her sister Claribel lived and operated a private museum that housed their extraordinary art collection. The sisters grew up in a wealthy family; Clara studied medicine and Etta was the housekeeper until her mother died. In the 1890s they befriended Leo and Gertrude Stein, who introduced them to leading modern artists including Matisse and Picasso. The Cones soon began to divide their time between Baltimore, where they held salons at their home, and Europe, where they traveled and collected art. Zorach was very pleased with this portrait, but thought Cone, who had been sketched by Henri Matisse, disliked it. She was “convinced that she looked like these drawings,” Zorach claims. “They too were a likeness but I couldn’t see her through the eyes of Matisse.”
Topic:
Portrait female\head  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Object number:
1968.154.152
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Painting and Sculpture
On View:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 47A
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk798cee511-5a20-4fba-bfd7-61b47cc7cad7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1968.154.152