Lot 73
  • 73

William Aiken Walker

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • William Aiken Walker
  • A Walk in the Cotton and Man with Basket: A Pair of Paintings
  • each signed WAWalker (lower left)
  • oil on board
  • Each: 12 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches
  • (31.1 by 15.3 cm)

Provenance

Robert M. Hicklin Jr., Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina
Acquired from the above by the present owner (probably)

Condition

Woman--SURFACE: in good condition; board is just a bit bowed UNDER UV: a few tiny dots in sky MAN--SURFACE: in good condition; a few "grayish" dots in sky look like old repaints UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: grayish dots are, indeed, old repaints
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