In the late 1920s, Torr and her partner, artist Arthur Dove, lived on a houseboat moored at Halesite on Long Island. While residing close to the natural world, Torr’s artistic concerns turned to depicting processes of environmental growth and transformation. Like Dove, she looked to the local landscape for her subjects. In Crimson and Green Leaves, Torr abstracted and distilled the shapes and autumnal colors of the local foliage to create an intimate view of changing seasons.
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Title:Crimson and Green Leaves
Artist:Helen Torr (American, Roxbury, Pennsylvania 1886–1967 Bay Shore, New York)
Date:1927
Medium:Oil on plywood
Dimensions:14 1/8 × 12 1/2 in. (35.9 × 31.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Carl D. Lobell, 1994
Accession Number:1994.341.4
the artist (1927–d. 1967; her estate, New York, 1967–91; estate no. 135; on consignment 1990–91 to the Richard York Gallery, New York; consignment no. 3117CY; sold by Richard York in 1991 to Lobell); Carl D. Lobell, New York (1991–94; his gift to MMA)
New York. Graham Gallery. "Helen Torr, 1886–1967. In Private Life, Mrs. Arthur Dove," March 25–May 17, 1980, no. 7 (lent by the Estate of Helen Torr).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Still Life: 1915–1950," February 1, 1995–January 28, 1996, no catalogue.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Arthur Dove/Helen Torr: Land and Water," February 14–June 14, 1998, no catalogue.
Albany. New York State Museum. "20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 31–October 14, 2001, unnum. brochure.
Oxford, England. Ashmolean Museum. "America's Cool Modernism: O'Keeffe to Hopper," March 23–July 22, 2018, no. 84.
Sandra Leff. Helen Torr, 1886–1967. In Private Life, Mrs. Arthur Dove. Exh. cat., Graham Gallery. New York, 1980, pp. 5, 9–10, no. 7.
Lisa M. Messinger in "Recent Acquisitions. A Selection: 1994–1995." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 53 (Fall 1995), p. 62.
Lisa Mintz Messinger. 20th Century American Landscapes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. brochure, New York State Museum. Albany, 2001, unpaginated, ill. (color).
Lauren Kroiz in Katherine M. Bourguignon Lauren Kroiz and Leo G. Mazow. America's Cool Modernism: O'Keeffe to Hopper. Exh. cat., Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England, 2018, p. 64, no. 84, ill. (color) pp. 65, 170.
Edward J. Sullivan. Making the Americas Modern: Hemispheric Art, 1910–1960. London, 2018, p. 205, fig. 6.9 (color).
Norman Lewis (American, New York 1909–1979 New York)
1978
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