(An unrelated exhibition, “Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories,” about her life and work, remains at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery until January 22.) When Leo Stein first saw ...

Gertrude Stein poses in front of the portrait of her painted by Picasso in 1906, at her Parisian apartment Credit: AFP via Getty Images But then came the unlikely Broadway success of Stein’s ...