Etta Cone Letters
Scope and Contents
Topics include Etta's focus on building her art collection, as well as her social and business activities, travel plans, health concerns, and her support of Richard Guggenheimer's artistic endeavors.
Also included in the file are newspaper clippings about the Cones from the Greensboro Daily News and Greensboro Sun; an article from the April 1979 volume of Arts Journal; and a catalog of an exhibit of the Cone collection at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Dates
- 1927 - 1949
Creator
- Cone, Etta (Person)
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Biographical or Historical Information
A strong influence on the collecting of the Cone sisters came through their friendship with the Steins in Paris during the early 1900s. It was through the Stein family that the Cones met Matisse and Picasso; Etta Cone and Henri Matisse became especially close.
Following World War I, Etta and Claribel traveled to Europe on an annual basis to buy art, antiques, furniture, lace, and textiles. The sisters participated in the cultural life of the cities of Europe and at home in Baltimore, where they were considered rather eccentric and bohemian due to their unconvential dress, modern tastes in art, and independence.
Extent
0.20 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
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Processing Information
Creator
- Cone, Etta (Person)
- Title
- Etta Cone Letters
- Author
- Archives staff
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository