
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)
- Title
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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
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth
- Mediums Description
- oil on paperboard
- Classifications
- Keywords
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- Object – furniture – chair
- Architecture Interior – domestic
- Object Number
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1971.283
- Palette
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