Walter Gay, Untitled (Interior View), n.d., oil on paperboard, 18 x 14 7⁄8 in. (45.6 x 37.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth, 1971.283
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled (Interior View)
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 18 x 14 7⁄8 in. (45.6 x 37.8 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth
- Mediums Description
- oil on paperboard
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Architecture Interior — domestic
- Object — furniture — chair
- Object — art object — painting
- Object Number
- 1971.283
Artwork Description
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)
