Helen M. Turner
Two Women

Two Women
Two Women
Two Women
ArtistAmerican, 1858–1958
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Two Women
Date1926
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas or panel: 40 × 30 1/8 in. (101.6 × 76.5 cm)
Frame (Frame): 44 1/4 × 34 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (112.4 × 87 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Friends of Art
Object number26.15
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Exhibit of Paintings by Helen M. Turner, N.A.," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15–December 5, 1926.

"Helen M. Turner, NA (1858-1958), A Retrospective Exhibition," Akron Art Museum, Ohio, September 11–November 6, 1983; Jersey City Museum, New Jersey, December 10, 1983–February 1, 1984; Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Kentucky, March 2–April 5, 1984; Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, May 1–June 1, 1984.

"Down River: Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting: 1800–1950," New Orleans Museum of Art, November 10–December 30, 1990.

"Helen Turner," The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, June 27–September 19, 2010; Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia, October 9, 2010–January 16, 2011; Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama, February 13–May 8, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed lower left: "Helen M. Turner."

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