Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné being prepared by John Fowler.
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Property from the Jay P. Altmayer Family Collection
William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)
The Cotton Wagon
Details
William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)
The Cotton Wagon
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'WAWalker. 1888.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¼ x 24 ¼ in. (36.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Painted in 1888.
The Cotton Wagon
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'WAWalker. 1888.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
14 ¼ x 24 ¼ in. (36.2 x 61.6 cm.)
Painted in 1888.
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1962.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owners from the above.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owners from the above.
Literature
"Thomas Hovenden and the American Genre Painters," The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 1, April 1962, p. 22, no. 33, illustrated.
A.P. Trovaioli, R.B. Toledano, William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1972, pl. 12, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).
"William Aiken Walker, Southern Genre Painter," American Artist, vol. 37, 1973, p. 322, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).
C.M. Akard, Southern Genre Painting and Illustration from 1830 to 1890, M.A. thesis, University of North Texas, 1997, p. 209, pl. 60, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).
A.P. Trovaioli, R.B. Toledano, William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1972, pl. 12, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).
"William Aiken Walker, Southern Genre Painter," American Artist, vol. 37, 1973, p. 322, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).
C.M. Akard, Southern Genre Painting and Illustration from 1830 to 1890, M.A. thesis, University of North Texas, 1997, p. 209, pl. 60, illustrated (as Wagon Scene).