 Throughout their life the couple suffered from economic hardship and lived in extreme poverty.Torr died in Bayshore, Long Island, New York, in 1967.Torr's work was exhibited publicly only twice during her life, one of those at Alfred Stieglitz's gallery "An American Place" in 1933 as part of a group show.Torr outlived Dove by 21 years but never resumed painting, and requested that all her paintings and drawings be destroyed; in contrast, her sister instead donated much of her work to the Heckscher Museum, which organized a show of her work in 1972.