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Close-up detail of a larger artwork features a view of two felt houses. On the viewer's right is an orange house that is out-of-focus while on the left is a blue house that is in-focus and has visible stitches, coarse texture, and rectangular windows. Close-up detail of a larger artwork features a view of two felt houses. On the viewer's right is an orange house that is out-of-focus while on the left is a blue house that is in-focus and has visible stitches, coarse texture, and rectangular windows.
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View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
Emma Amos, Pool Lady, 1980; Etching, aquatint, and styrene stencil, 23 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Museum purchase with funds from an anonymous donor in honor of Mary Ryan Gallery; © Emma Amos; Photo by Lee Stalsworth