Sold for:
$10,455
$10,455
William Aiken Walker (South Carolina/Maryland, 1838-1921) Two Cotton Pickers by a Cotton Field with Distant Cabins. Signed l.l. Oil on board, 6 1/4 x 12 1/4 in., in a pierced, gilt, scroll-carved wood frame. Condition: Very good. Provenance: Family descent of Cornelia Brigham Taft (1823-1809), married to Georgia cotton business owner Calvin Taft (1813-1888) who reportedly attained the painting while trading with southern plantation owners according to the exhibition catalog Merrifield at 23 Trowbridge Road , Worcester Historical Museum, September 23, 2003-December 4, 2004, illustrated p. 17.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-03-02
