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Artist:
Walter Gay, born Hingham, MA 1856-died Breau, France 1937  Search this
Medium:
oil on paperboard
Dimensions:
18 x 14 7/8 in. (45.6 x 37.8 cm.)
Type:
Painting
Date:
n.d.
Luce Center Label:
This painting shows the interior of Mrs. George R. Fearing’s apartment in a Paris hotel. Mrs. Fearing was an American who shared Walter Gay’s interest in French decorative arts. In this painting, eighteenth-century tapestries hang on either side of the double doors with Louis XV tapestry-covered chairs underneath. Gay once said, “I had a sentiment for the past; it meant much to me . . . I was searching for the spirit of empty rooms---interiors.” (Walter Gay: A Retrospective, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York, 1980)
Topic:
Object\art object\painting  Search this
Object\furniture\chair  Search this
Architecture Interior\domestic  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth
Object number:
1971.283
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department:
Painting and Sculpture
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk702b3fea7-7a70-4479-940d-fac4c6598fa0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_1971.283