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Title
Mary Turner
1926
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Details
Other Titles
Portrait mask of Mrs Turner
Mask
Mask in bronze
Date
1926
Materials used
bronze, marble
Dimensions
23.0 x 17.3 x 14.0 head; 33.0 x 17.4 x 14.0 cm overall :
a - head, 23 x 17.3 x 14 cm
b - base, 10.3 x 9.1 x 8.9 cm
Signature & date
Signed l.r. cheek, incised "... G.RAYNER.HOFF". Dated l.l. chin, incised "1926".
Credit
Purchased 1935
Location
Not on display
Accession number
6334.a-b
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Rayner Hoff
Mary Turner
Shown in 5 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1928), Education Department Gallery [Loftus Street], Sydney, 08 Sep 1928–05 Oct 1928
150 years of Australian art (1938), National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 27 Jan 1938–25 Apr 1938
Sculpture of Rayner Hoff: Memorial Exhibition, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Sydney, 19 May 1938–04 Jun 1938
Art of Australia 1788-1941:
- National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 01 Oct 1941–26 Oct 1941
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 17 Nov 1941–31 Dec 1941
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ottawa 15 Jan 1942–15 Feb 1942
- Yale University Art Gallery, United States of America 02 Mar 1942–23 Mar 1942
- Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh 03 Apr 1942–15 May 1942
- Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Wilmington 01 Jun 1942–27 Jun 1942
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles 10 Jul 1942–27 Aug 1942
- Toledo Museum of Art, United States of America 06 Sep 1942–27 Sep 1942
- Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester 05 Oct 1942–02 Nov 1942
- Cleveland Museum of Art, United States of America 09 Nov 1942–07 Dec 1942
- Detroit Institiute of Arts, Detroit 01 Jan 1943–29 Jan 1943
- The Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto 05 Feb 1943–28 Feb 1943
- Art Association of Montreal, Montreal 07 Mar 1943–28 Mar 1943
- Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indianapolis 08 Apr 1943–05 May 1943
- Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, Fort Wayne 12 May 1943–31 May 1943
- Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City 07 Sep 1943–08 Oct 1943
- Philbrook Art Museum, Tulsa 20 Oct 1943–17 Nov 1943
- Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Dallas 28 Nov 1943–26 Dec 1943
- Abilene Museum of Fine Arts, Abilene 10 Jan 1944–07 Feb 1944
- Heard Museum, Phoenix Fine Arts Association, Phoenix 21 Feb 1944–20 Mar 1944
- San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco 04 Apr 1944–07 May 1944
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum, San Jose 19 May 1944–16 Jun 1944
- Hamline University, St Paul 01 Dec 1944–17 Dec 1944
- Society Liberal Arts, Joslyn Memorial, Omaha 06 Jan 1945–27 Jan 1945
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, United States of America 06 Feb 1945–27 Feb 1945
- Quincy Art Club, Quincy 09 Mar 1945–30 Mar 1945
- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City 13 Apr 1945–04 May 1945
- University of Oklahoma, Norman 14 May 1945–04 Jun 1945
- North Texas State Teachers' College, Denton 14 Jun 1945–05 Jul 1945
'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Nov 1999–16 Jan 2000
Referenced in 9 publications
Bibliography
Deborah Edwards, 'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, 'Australia, the new Greece: the body as nation', pg. 30-51, Sydney, 1999, 40 (illus.), 102.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales, 150 years of Australian art: 150th anniversary celebrations January 27 to April 25, 1938, Sydney, 1938, n. pag. cat. no 826, titled 'Mask'
Society of Artists, Society of Artists Annual Exhibition (1928), 'Catalogue of exhibits', Sydney, 1928, n. pag. poss. cat. no 177. titled 'Portrait Mask'
Beatrice Tildesley, Society of Artists' Exhibition [Press Review], 'Society of Artists' Exhibition', pg. 10-11, Sydney, 12 Sep 1928, 10. poss. exhib. as 'cast of a portrait mask', [Medium Description not specified]
Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (Editors), The Home : an Australian quarterly, 'Sydney S'amuse', pg. 8, 14., Sydney, 1928, 8. The periodical "Home" in publishing a social review of the private viewing of the 1928 Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. "Mrs. Mary Jo. Turner was another who invited comparison with the artist's conception of her. Rayner Hoff's 'Portrait Mask of Mrs. Turner' was a very lovely piece of sculpture."
Sydney Ure Smith (Editor), Art of Australia 1788-1941, New York, 1941, 49. cat. no 133, titled 'Mask'
Sydney Ure Smith and Leon Gellert (Editors), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 60], Sydney, Aug 1935, 44 (illus.). titled 'Mask in bronze'
Kenneth Wilkinson (Editor), Art in Australia [series 3, no. 70], Sydney, Mar 1938, 68 (illus.). titled 'Mask in bronze'
Author Unknown, Society of Artists. Annual Exhibition. [Press Review], 'SCULPTURE', Sydney, 07 Sep 1928, 17. poss. exhib. as 'a portrait mask', [Medium Description not specified]