Claribel Cone (1864–1929) and Etta Cone (1870–1949), collectively known as the Cone sisters, were active as American art collectors and socialites during the first part of the 20th century.

In 1929, after Claribel’s death, Etta continued to build the collection. She visited Matisse annually to acquire key works that he reserved for her, and during his visit to the United States in 1930 she …

Claribel and Etta Cone were two of thirteen children of Herman and Helen Cone, mid-19th-century German-Jewish immigrants who achieved success in America in the dry goods and grocery industry …

May 2, 2022 · Charcoal drawing of Etta Cone by Henri Matisse. (1931-1934) (Image: The Baltimore Museum of Art: The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, …

When Claribel died in 1929, Etta continued to acquire major works of art and fill out the Cone collection. Her ongoing visits and correspondence with Matisse may have influenced her to collect work by …

They document the lives and collections of the prominent Baltimore art collectors, Etta Cone and Claribel Cone, through their correspondence, personal papers, materials relating to their art …

The Claribel Cone and Etta Cone Papers document the lives and collections of prominent Baltimore art collectors Etta Cone and Claribel Cone through their correspondence, personal papers, materials …

For the frontispiece of her catalogue "dedicated to the memory of Dr. Claribel Cone" Etta commissioned a graphic portrait of Claribel from Matisse - over several years he would make four of Claribel and six …

Oct 1, 2021 · When the Frenchman travelled to the US in 1930 to paint a large-scale mural for another collector, Albert Barnes, he trekked from Philadelphia to Baltimore to see how Cone and her sister,...

Nov 30, 2021 · Shortly thereafter, Cone’s older sister, Claribel, also came to know Matisse, and together, the two sisters collected hundreds of his works, including important paintings such as Blue …