Michael Brenner
Gertrude Stein
1911-1923
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Michael Brenner
Gertrude Stein
1911-1923
Physical Qualities
Bronze, Overall: 21 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (55.2 x 19.1 x 22.2 cm) Base: 5 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (14.9 x 16.2 x 16.2 cm) Without Base: 15 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (40.3 x 19.1 x 22.2 cm)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.407
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore.
"Pictures for a Picture of Gertrude Stein as a Collector and Writer on Art and Artists," BMA, 21Mar.-21 Apr., 1951(not shown at Yale University).
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," MOMA, 1970; BMA 1971 (probably only shown at Baltimore venue, See Curatorial Remarks).
"Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family," MOMA, 1970; BMA 1971 (probably only shown at Baltimore venue, See Curatorial Remarks).
Gertrude Stein, "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas," (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1933) 141.
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore Maryland," (Baltimore: Etta Cone publisher, 1934) 23.
Gertrude Rosenthal, 'Portraits of Gertrude Stein...,' "BMA News," Apr. 1951, p. 2.
"Handbook of the Cone Collection," (Baltimore: BMA, 1955) 44, no. 131.
Jack C. Leissring, "The Life and Work of Michael Brenner - 1885-1969," (Santa Rosa, CA: J. C. Leissring Fine Arts and the Michael Brenner Estate, 1991)18, 165.
Gail Stavitsky, "Gertrude Stein: The American Connection," (New York: Sid Deutsch Gallery, 1990) 25-26.
Inscribed: Signature bottom right: "Michael Brenner"
