Untitled (Interior View)

Walter Gay, Untitled (Interior View), n.d., oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth, 1971.283
Copied 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
Keywords
  • Object — art object — painting
  • Object — furniture — chair
  • Architecture Interior — domestic
Object Number
1971.283
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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)