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| $200 | $50 | 
| $500 | $100 | 
| $3,000 | $250 | 
| $5,000 | $500 | 
| $10,000 | $1,000 | 
| $30,000 | $2,500 | 
| $100,000 | $5,000 | 
Watercolor on grey/blue paper, signed 'Walter Gay' lower left, titled on a paper label on the backboard.
11 x 15 1/2 in. (sheet), 18 x 21 1/2 in. (frame).
Note: Walter and Matilda Gay lived a charmed and interesting life in the haute société of France where they rented the lovely Chateau de Fortoiseau from 1895-1904. The property of the Baron d'Astier de la Vigerie, the chateau was the subject of many of Gay's watercolors, including various views of the salon, as here, with a focus on the chimneypiece and the Imari vases.
p>Black and white chalk sketch on the reverse. Mat staining and creasing. Otherwise in good condition.
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