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Matisse- The Pink Nude
Assignment:
Assignment:
Read The Cone Sisters of Baltimore Collecting at Full Tilt Pages Chapters 6, 7, and 9 and the pages about The Marlborough Apartments and Answer the Following Questions.
Matisse visited Baltimore in Dec 17, 1930. According to an arrangement he made with Etta he would put aside 3 paintings a year for her and then would advise her which one to buy.
Chapter 6 A Tribute to Claribel
1. Why did Etta decide to make a catalogue of the Cone sister’s joint collection of their art?
2. Who received a catalog?
3. Why was Matisse in the U.S. in December 1930?
4. Why did it take Matisse so long to complete the portraits of Etta and Claribel?
5. Explain some reasons for the Etta's rift with Gertrude Stein.
Chapter 7 Etta’s Acquisitions of the 1930s and 1940s
How did Etta’s life as a collector change in the 1930s?
2. How did Matisse interest Etta in the Pink Nude? How did the painting change?
3. Why did Etta want to own Picasso’s portrait of Leo Stein?
4. What does the story about Etta, Matisse and the Yellow Dress painting tell you about the relationship between Matisse and his most important patron?
5. Summarize the transaction that brought Picasso’s portrait of Allan Stein to the Cone collection.
Chapter 9 The Legacy
1. How did the Collection end up in Baltimore?
2. Discuss the politics of the legacy including the treatment of the family and the controversy about framing.
3. Why do you think the Cone sisters bought so many paintings from the Steins?
4. Why do you think Etta did not acknowledge Gertrude Stein’s role in guiding her re: some of Etta’s purchases?
5. Why did Etta omit the Vallotton’s portrait of Gertrude from the catalog she produced?
The Cone Collection opened to the public Feb. 23, 1957 8 years after Etta’s death. The wing was renovated in 2001. “One went to see the Cone Collection and one came away with a vivid image of two beautiful people. "
Assignment:
Assignment:
Watch 4 videos about Matissse's painting The Yellow Dress
Assignment:
Assignment:
Listen to a short talk about Matisse's painting Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent
Seated Odalisque, Left Knee Bent
Assignment:
Assignment:
Read about the Cone sisters' passion for collecting Dying to tell their stories
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