Sold for:
$5,228
$5,228
William Aiken Walker (South Carolina/Maryland, 1838-1921) Female Cotton Picker in the Field with a Basket of Cotton. Signed l.l. Oil on board, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., in a pierced gilt, scroll-carved wood frame. Condition: Minor retouch. 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, mentioned p. 17.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-03-02
