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Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpson
Walter Gay (1856-1937)

The Blue Room, Château du Bréau

Price Realised USD 10,625
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USD 8,000 - USD 12,000
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Walter Gay (1856-1937)

The Blue Room, Château du Bréau

Price Realised USD 10,625
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Price Realised USD 10,625
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Walter Gay (1856-1937)
The Blue Room, Château du Bréau
signed and dated 'Walter Gay 1917' (lower left)
watercolor and charcoal on paper
18 x 21 ¾ in. (45.7 x 55.2 cm.)
Executed in 1917.
Provenance
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt.
Flora Whitney Miller, granddaughter of the above, by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, Property from the Estate of Flora Whitney Miller, 11 April 1987, lot 78.
Graham Williford, Houston, Texas.
Shepherd Gallery, New York, 1989.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1989.
Literature
A.E. Gallatin, Walter Gay: Paintings of French Interiors, New York, 1920, no. 22, illustrated.
G.A. Reynolds, "The Spirit of Empty Rooms: Walter Gay's Paintings of Interiors," The Magazine Antiques, vol. 137, no. 3, March 1990, pp. 686-87, pl. XI, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Shepherd Gallery, The Julian Academy: Paris 1868-1939, Spring 1989, no. 51, illustrated.
New York, The Century Association, February 1992.
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