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In 1973, the gallery and cafe became the Craft and Folk Art Museum (and the café took on the name of the gallery, The Egg and The Eye). Wyle was program director of the museum until 1984 when she retired, taking the title of
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merger with LACMA in 1997 and, always struggling financially, the museum closed for 14 months. She lived to see the museum reopened under the auspices of the Los
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In connection with her museum work, Edith Wyle conceived of the
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years old. As a girl she studied art, music, and dance. She earned a degree in
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Signage for Edith Wyle Square, on Wilshire Avenue in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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in 1942. They had three children together: Nancy Wyle Romero (mother of artist
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Edith Wyle died from cancer in October 1999, age 81.
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