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Sat, Sep 14, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 1080

William Aiken Walker

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

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(Charleston, South Carolina, 1838-1921)A Pair of Portraits: Cotton Sharecroppers, Male and Female, both signed lower left "WAWalker", female figure inscribed verso "Cotton Picker", oil on board, 12-1/4 x 5-1/8 in., new gilt gesso frames, 18-1/2 x 12-1/4 in.Note: both with labels verso from Robert M Hicklin Jr., Inc, Spartanburg, SC. Female figure with inventory No 21-2-8412, Male figure with inventory No. 21-1-8412 Provenance: Private Collection, North Carolina

Condition

minor surface dirt, female figure with retouch in cotton behind left arm, male figure with retouch to head and left arm; both frames with some loss to gilding