$12,000
Pair of William Aiken Walker (American/ South Carolina/ Maryland, 1838-1921) figural paintings comprising of "Male Sharecropper", oil on wood panel, signed lower left "WA Walker" and ""Female Cotton Picker", oil on wood panel, signed lower left "WA Walker". One painting depicts a single African American male with grey beard standing in front of a cotton field wearing a tattered coat, pants, and hat with an overflowing woven basket full of picked cotton to his side. The other painting depicts a single African American woman standing in front of a field of cotton wearing a tan head wrap and black coat with wide red collar over long tan skirt, holding a handful of picked cotton in her right hand and standing behind a large woven basket of picked cotton. Each framed 13.25" x 9.25", unframed 8.5" x 4.75". Provenance: According to the consignor, this pair of fine paintings descended through the Ford Family of South Carolina whereby acquired by present owner in Atlanta, Georgia._x000D_
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-01-03
