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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Hale, Ellen Day (1855-1940) Two Etchings.
1) Gloucester Harbour, Threatening Weather, circa 1890, etching printed in dark brown signed in pencil, printed on Japan paper with full margins; 75 x 150 mm; 3 x 5⅞ in.
2) Newport from the South, circa 1890, etching printed in dark brownish black on cream wove paper with full margins; 75 x 150 mm; 3 x 5⅞ in.
Ellen Day Hale was primarily based in Boston, where she ran a portrait studio. Her work was often interrupted by domestic obligations, but by 1881 she had raised enough money to study art in Paris, where she attended the prestigious Académie Julian. Hale learned etching from her companion, Gabrielle Clements, in the summer of 1885 while they traveled the French countryside. She exhibited her self-portrait, Lady with a Fan at the Paris Salon in 1885, and returned to the States later that year. Thereafter, she frequently exhibited her paintings and etchings nationwide. Hale and Clements were devoted to one another, personally and professionally; they lived and worked together for almost 50 years.
