The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow

c. 1917

Gertrude Käsebier

(American, 1852–1934)
America
platinum print
Image: 12.6 x 9.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Paper: 12.6 x 9.5 cm (4 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Primary mount: 14.2 x 10.5 cm (5 9/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Secondary mount: 23 x 18 cm (9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2022.115
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Gertrude Käsebier was one of the most revered artistic portraitists of her day.

Description

This bust-length portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow demonstrates how Käsebier brought an artistic attitude to even straightforward commercial portrait commissions. Morrow (1880–1940) was a successful author of fiction and nonfiction and a magazine editor. Käsebier’s portrait, while appropriately demure, nonetheless conveys the sitter’s intelligence, energy, and directness, enlivening a formulaic composition through pose, framing, and highlighting.
  • 2000-2022
    (Lee Gallery, Winchester, MA), sold to Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, c. 2000
    2000-2022
    Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, Scarsdale, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    September 12, 2022-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Charles Ralph Rounds, Wisconsin Authors and Their Works, Madison, WI: Parker Educational Company, 1918 commons.wikimedia.org
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Honoré Willsie Morrow|url=false|author=Gertrude Käsebier|year=c. 1917|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2022.115