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Two women standing and smiling in front of a framed painting in a gallery. One has curly gray hair, wearing a patterned skirt; the other has straight brown hair, wearing a sleeveless top.
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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Ellen Day Hale

Small print of black ink on ecru paper depicting the ruins of an old Catholic mission building. The building, featuring rounded arches, crumbling facades, and exposed brick, is surrounded by scrub bushes and desert landscape.
Dec 1, 1989, to Feb 28, 1990

Please note: Information about this exhibition is limited.

The Artist,

Ellen Day Hale

Ellen Day Hale was among the wave of American artists, both men and women, who traveled to Europe for training in the last quarter of the 19th century.
A painting of a light skinned, older woman who is seated on a black chair. She wears a large, black hat, and a white turtleneck that is barely visible beneath a black coat and black feathered shawl. The background, rendered in visible, thin painstrokes, is grey and brown.