
Art Institute of Chicago
Extemporaneous
Helen Torr · 1927
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artist; estate of the artist [Graham Gallery, New York]; Willliam Edward O'Reilly, Inc., New York; sold to a private collection, Dallas, Texas, by 1985; with Menconi & Schoelkopf Fine Art, New York, by 2010; sold to The Art Instititute, 2010.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, An American Place, Mar. 1933, no cat.
- Yale University Art Gallery, Paintings by Helen Torr, Mar. 20–Apr. 15, 1933, checklist.
- Huntington, New York, Heckscher Museum, Helen Torr, June 3–July 9, 1972; New York, Graham Gallery, July 17–Aug. 18, 1972, cat. 5.
- Huntington, New York, Heckscher Museum, Out of the Shadows: Helen Torr, A Retrospective, Feb. 1–Apr. 14, 2003; New York, James Graham & Sons, Apr. 24–June 8, 2003; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, June 28–Aug. 17, 2003; Annapolis, Maryland, Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Sept. 2–Oct. 26, 2003, cat. 14.
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