The Art of Acquiring: A Portrait of Etta and Claribel Cone (30 page)

21. He thought her writing. . . she disapproved of his romance. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 83.

22. In the past, Leo. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 186.

23. But increasingly, Leo sat. . . ibid, 192.

24. Leo explained the change simply. . . “When my interest. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 201.

25. The Cubists’ leading influence. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 173.

26. Maurice Princet, said Leo. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 175-176.

27. Gertrude, unlike Leo, admired Picasso's. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 176.

28. He said of Picasso, “It is not the lack. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 181.

29. In 1909, he had moved from. . . Warnod, Washboat Days, 195-196.

30. Matisse, said Leo, was “too intelligent and. . .” Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 191-192.

31. Matisse was robust. . . Flam, Matisse A Retrospective, 132-133.

32. For some time, he had been. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 84.

33. Urinals in Montmartre. . . “Matisse has done more. . .” Flam, Matisse A Retrospective, 124.

34. Arthur Hoeber. . . “like the work of a. . .” Barr, Matisse His Art, 149.

35. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney considered. . . ibid, 148.

36. And Isabella Stewart Gardner. . . Flam, Matisse A Retrospective, 119.

37. By 1912, Gertrude. . . Stein, Leo, Appreciation. . ., 186.

38. During a visit that fall. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 105-106.

39. Claribel wrote: “There were two of them. . .” Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 27.

40. She occasionally spoke. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 107-108.

41. A flu epidemic hit. . . ibid, 109.

42. One American critic labeled the Cubist grouping. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 171.

43. A New York Times critic wrote, “We may as well say. . .” Barr, Matisse His Art, 150.

44. In Chicago, students. . . ibid, 150.

45. But the controversy. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 217.

46. He told the collector. . . “I can't stand Gertrude. . .” ibid, 192-193.

47. He said the success of Cubism. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 112-113.

48. For his part, Picasso's. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 97.

1. “We had seen three days. . .” Sullivan, Our Times, Vol V, 1914-18, 26.

2. Munich in 1914. . . Hanser, Putsch, 38-48.

3. Adolf Hitler, still. . . ibid, 57.

4. The year Claribel took up residence. . . was bursting with. . . ibid, 76.

5. “This city is feverish. . .” Sullivan, “Our Times, Vol V,” 5.

6. One American writer. . . “gave an impression. . .” ibid, 2-3.

7. “Suddenly,” one reporter, “the paralysis. . .” ibid, 405.

8. The correspondent for the. . . “In their eagerness to get. . .” ibid, 13.

9. In fact, during the first year of. . . Hanser, Putsch, 117.

10. Search lights, mounted atop. . . Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. V, 18.

11. “Paris is dark at three. . .” Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 121.

12. Picasso remained in Paris. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 107.

13. Braque, Derain, Apollinaire. . . Barr, Matisse His Art,178.

14. Gertrude and Alice had. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 109.

15. In America, the New York Stock Exchange. . . Sullivan, Our Times, Vol V, 48-49.

16. President Woodrow Wilson. . . “Peace Sunday,”. . . ibid, 44.

17. As one of its first acts of war, Britain had cut the only. . . ibid, 68.

18. Correspondents traveled with. . . ibid, 70-71.

19. “Her Day's Work”. . .1. get red buttons. 2. . . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 113.

20. “My dearest sister: I think. . .” ibid, 114.

21. In one letter to Etta, she wrote. . ., ibid, 115.

22. And she said, “over here they put me. . .” ibid, 114.

23. In apparent response. . . “I am strictly neutral. . .” ibid, 115.

24. By October of 1916. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Oct. 1-6, 1916.

25. Claribel's suite included three. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Nov. 17, 1916.

26. Her daily routine included. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Nov. 17, 1916.

27. Among them was a soldier. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Nov. 8, 1916.

28. “Along with the rest. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 116.

29. In 1917, Claribel's family. . . MDHS, Cone, Sydney Jr., The Cones of Bavaria, 102.

30. Claribel wrote to her brother Sydney, “I thank you for. . .” BMA CCol, CC to Sydney Cone, Jan. 1, 1917.

31. In February 1917, Claribel. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 116-117.

32. Even after the Lusitania. . . . Sullivan, Our Times, Vol V, 126.

33. But repeated German attacks. . . ibid, 299-300.

34. The great German gun. . . ibid, 84-85.

35. Thirteen percent of the. . . ibid, 288.

36. As the war continued. . . ibid, 476.

37. In 1918, U.S. Food. . . ibid, 420.

38. In fact, just several blocks. . . “Olson, The Building of an American City, 293.

39. The war in Baltimore. . . ibid, 300-301.

41. What is known is that the. . . Alfred J. Gutman interview.

42. In 1912, in a published book. . . “Jews who had not. . .” Hanser, Putsch, 73.

43. Alfred Schuler called. . . ibid, 57.

1. “We're turning everything. . .” Hanser, Putsch, 145.

2. In November 1918, Munich's streets were filled. . . ibid, 119-121.

3. The demonstration was. . . ibid, 122-123.

4. In addition to local. . . Sullivan, Our Times, Vol V, 654.

5. In a letter written several years earlier. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Nov. 17, 1916.

6. In the first weeks of November. . . Hanser, Putsch, 129-132.

7. Throughout the country, posters. . . ibid, 134.

8. The press dismissed Eisner. . . ibid, 145.

9. The Thule Society was. . . ibid, 153.

10. On February 21, 1919. . . ibid, 161-162.

11. A state of siege was. . . ibid, 164.

12. A group of revolutionaries. . . ibid, 166.

13. She told them she had nothing. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 117-118.

14. Using cooking equipment. . . Edward T. Cone interview, Nov. 21, 1992.

15. The putsch ushered in a new. . . Hanser, Putsch, 173-176.

16. According to one historian, “A state of hysterical. . .” ibid, 176.

17. In the “war after the war”. . . ibid, 180-184.

18. The nationalists, who had been. . . ibid, 186-191.

19. Claribel told an interviewer. . . The Baltimore Sun, Oct. 9, 1949, 12-13, 20-21.

20. Claribel wrote to Etta, “The close of the war and. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Sept. 17, 1919.

21. The value of the mark plunged. . . Hanser, Putsch, 304-305.

22. “This will probably. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Sept. 2, 1919.

23. In September 1919, he wrote his. . . Hanser, Putsch, 196.

24. In October, she contacted. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Oct. 2, 1919.

25. “. . . you were so kind. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, Oct. 29, 1919.

26. In response to a letter. . . “You are right—do not. . .” BMA CCol, CC to EC, March 16, 1920.

27. The same month. . . “I am ready to take myself. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 119-20.

28. In February 1920, Hitler's. . . Hanser, Putsch, 213.

29. Announcements concerning the. . . ibid, 245.

30. The ultra-nationalist meetings. . . ibid, 252.

31. For Hitler, Munich was. . . ibid, 5.

32. Lion Feuchtwanger. . . ibid, 6.

33. Warnings were issued in. . . . ibid, 257.

34. Before leaving Munich. . . “I shall be so glad to see you. . .” Pollack, The Collectors, 120.

1. “There is never any ending to Paris. . .” Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, 211

2. The Claribel who returned. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 124

3. She began filling it with the things. . . MDHS, Cone, Sydney Jr., The Cones of Bavaria, 125

4. The two sisters and their brother. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 125

5. How to pay, however, was still. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, Oct. 29, 1919

6. During the war, firms that. . . . Sullivan, Our Times, Vol. V, 484

7. The Cone Export and. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 124

8. One relative estimated. . . Edward T. Cone interview

9. During the war, a million. . . Wiser, The Crazy Years, 13

10. German bombs had fallen. . . ibid, 15

11. Gertrude, it was said,. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 112

12. Gertrude said she and Alice. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 127

13. In a characteristic. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 123

14. She worked at night and left. . . ibid, 93

15. Gertrude would talk to the. . . ibid., 127

16. Leo Stein had spent the war. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 244

17. Leo Stein had. . . or as one writer put it. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 194

18. Nina, the artist's model. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 244

19. Upon his return to Europe. . . Saarinen, The Proud Possessors, 194

20. But, despite his warm tone. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 244-246

21. Apollinaire was dead. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 121

22. Picasso's great love, Eva,. . . Mellow, Charmed Circle, 234

23. As Picasso's professional fortunes. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 119; Daix, Picasso, 166

24. Matisse spent the first year. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 178

25. A Matisse retrospective had. . . ibid, 178

26. By 1916, Matisse was painting. . . ibid, 181

27. Claribel explained the change. . . BMA CCol, CC notes

28. In 1916, Matisse wrote to Hans. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 181

29. And, as if in retreat. . . ibid, 195

30. Matisse took up residence. . . ibid, 195

31. He rose early. . . then paint from. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 136

32. His gallery, Bernheim-Jeune. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 183

33. In the year 1917, a. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 126-128

34. In the spring of 1919. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 196

35. In 1920, three books on Matisse. . . ibid, 197

1. “Some are coming to know. . .” Stein, Gertrude, Two: Gertrude Stein and Her Brother and Other Early Portraits, 1908-12, 353-355.

2. Consumerism on a mass scale. . . Sullivan, Our Times, I V, 95.

3. Encouraged by newly advertising companies. . . ibid, 88.

4. . . . became, with an almost religious fervor. . . ibid, 121.

5. From their inheritance, the sisters had an annual. . . Hirschland, The Cone Sisters, 80.

6. But on July 11, 1922. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 170.

7. The sisters paid a visit. . . considerably more than. . . ibid, 168.

8. She “became like a voiceless. . .” Cone, Claribel, Aunt Etta, 2.

9. The Jazz Age now gripped. . . Wiser, The Crazy Years, 73.

10. The cosmetic industry. . . Banner, American Beauty, 271-272.

11. Hemlines went up, necklines. . . ibid., 279.

12. They were described as. . . Rogers, Ladies Bountiful, 18.

13. On July 24, Claribel marched. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 170.

14. On July 14, Claribel posed for a. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 170; Pollack, The Collectors, 128.

15. Picasso wanted 1,000 francs. . . Pollack, The Collectors, 128.

16. Matisse had much good news. . . Barr, Matisse His Art, 198.

17. Now Matisse, and by reflection. . . Herrera, Matisse A Portrait, 144.

18. Years later. . . “If it is true, as has been. . .” EPFL, Herald Tribune, January or February 1955.

19. The Cones stayed in only the best. . . Edward T. Cone interview.

20. In fact, at some point during. . . Richardson, B., Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, 173.

21. Claribel wrote to Etta, then in Brest. . . BMA CCol, CC to EC, July 29, 1922.

22. Etta complained to Gertrude. . . Yale SteinCol, EC to GS, Sept. 25, 1922.

23. Claribel later said, “As a matter of fact. . .” Baltimore Sun, April 15, 1928, 13.

24. Leo was living in. . . Gertrude's social life was. . . Sprigge, Gertrude Stein Her Life, 132.