Grandma Hatton and Little Ora , ca. 1946
9.6 x 9 in (h x w)
Charcoal on wove paper

Hatton frequently depicted family members in her art, making sketches and oil portraits that she gifted to each child in the Hatton family. This endearing drawing depicts Hatton's niece, Ora Hatton Shay (known then as "Little Ora" to distinguish her from "Big Ora," the artist's sister), peeling apples with Hatton's mother, Apollonia, who lived with the artist while she was teaching at CSU. Living in Golden, Colorado, Little Ora and her family frequently visited her aunt and grandmother in Fort Collins. After Hatton's death, Ora worked to recover her aunt's oeuvre, and her collection is the basis for much of this exhibition.

Other works by Clara Hatton

Portrait Elsa , 1935
6.4 x 4.5 in (h x w)
Engraving on laid paper
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Kuh Wagon , 1935
4.3 x 6.3 in (h x w)
Engraving on laid paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
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Tree in Winter , ca. 1932
7 x 5 in (h x w)
Etching on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
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Windy Monday , 1930s
7 x 9.1 in (h x w)
Linoleum cut on mulberry paper
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Barn and Yucca , 1930s
5 x 7 in (h x w)
Etching on aquatint with drypoint on laid paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
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After Sassoferrato , 1936
8.8 x 7 in (h x w)
Mezzotint on wove paper
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Bowersock Mills , 1936
5 x 7 in (h x w)
Drypoint on machine-laid paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
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Afternoon Nap , 1936
7.8 x 6.8 in (h x w)
Etching on wove paper; collection of Helen and Dick Reway
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Shambles Restaurant , 1935/1970
6.8 x 4.8 in (h x w)
Wood engraving on wove paper; Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, CSU, gift of John and Yvonne Berland, 2006.337
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Portrait Elsa , 1935
6.4 x 4.5 in (h x w)
Engraving on laid paper
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