Untitled (Interior View)
n.d.
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harper Fletcher in memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Wolcott Wadsworth
Accession Number
1971.283
Tags
About this artwork
This painting shows the interior of Mrs. George R. Fearingâs apartment in a Paris hotel. Mrs. Fearing was an American who shared Walter Gayâs 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, âI had a sentiment for the past; it meant much to me . . . I was searching for the spirit of empty rooms---interiors.â (Walter Gay: A Retrospective, Grey Art Gal...