Master Paintings and 19th Century European Art

Master Paintings and 19th Century European Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 75. The New York Salon of Miss Elsie de Wolfe (Le Salon New Yorkais de Miss Elsie de Wolfe).

Property from a Private Collection

Walter Gay

The New York Salon of Miss Elsie de Wolfe (Le Salon New Yorkais de Miss Elsie de Wolfe)

Auction Closed

May 25, 07:43 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Walter Gay

American 1856-1937

The New York Salon of Miss Elsie de Wolfe (Le Salon New Yorkais de Miss Elsie de Wolfe)


signed and inscribed to Miss Elsie de Wolfe / souvenir of Walter Gay (lower left)

oil on canvas

canvas: 22 by 18 ⅛ in.; 57.2 by 47 cm

framed: 29 by 25 ½ in.; 74 by 65 cm

Anonymous sale, Los Angeles, Christie's, 15 September 1999, lot 40;

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 26 September 2018, lot 197;

Where acquired.

T. Duquette, Elsie de Wolfe: The Decorator's Villa Trianon in Versailles, Architectural Digest, September 1996, p. 137.