Cone sisters | |
|---|---|
Etta Cone circa 1889 Claribel Cone circa 1891 | |
| Born | Claribel – November 14, 1864, Etta – November 30, 1870 |
| Died | Claribel – September 20, 1929 (aged 64), Etta – August 31, 1949 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Druid Ridge Cemetery[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Western Female High School Women's Medical College (Claribel) |
| Occupation(s) | Art collectors Physician/researcher (Claribel) |
| Parent(s) | Herman (Kahn) Cone Helen (Guggenheimer) Cone |
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. Claribel trained as a physician and Etta as a pianist. Their social circle included Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein. They gathered one of the best known private collections of modern art in the United States at their Baltimore apartments, and the collection now makes up a wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Their collection was estimated to be worth almost a billion US dollars in 2002.
- ^ The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt, by Ellen B. Hirschland, Nancy Hirschland Ramage, Northwestern University Press, Jul 3, 2008