Lot 146
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Walter Gay 1856-1937

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Description

  • Walter Gay
  • Galerie des Bustes, Chateau du Reveillon
  • signed Walter Gay, l.l. and inscribed Reveillon, l.r.; also inscribed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 32 by 39 1/2 in.
  • (81.3 by 100.3 cm)
  • Painted circa 1907-1909.

Provenance

By descent in the family of the artist
Sophie Gay Griscom (the artist's niece), Paris, France, until 1980
Graham Gallery, New York
The Andrew Crispo Collection, New York (sale: Sotheby's, New York, December 3, 1997, lot 7, illustrated in color)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, France, Galeries Georges Petit, Exposition Walter Gay, April 1908, no. 15
(possibly) Paris, France, Jean Charpentier, Peintures, Acquarelles et Gouaches de Walter Gay, February 1923, no. 21
New York, Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, Walter Gay: A Retrospective, September-November 1980

Literature

William Rieder, A Charmed Couple: The Art and Life of Walter and Matilda Gay, New York, 2000, pp.172-74, fig. 103, illustrated