William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921). Cabin Scene, circa 1880. Oil on board. 6-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches (15.9 x 31.1 cm...

Description

William Aiken Walker (American, 1838-1921)
Cabin Scene, circa 1880
Oil on board
6-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches (15.9 x 31.1 cm)
Signed lower left: WAWalker

PROVENANCE:
Collection of Phillip and Charlotte Hanes;
Sotheby's, New York, December 2, 2010, lot 92;
Private collection, Roaming Shores, Ohio.

EXHIBITED:
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, "Virtue, Vice, Wisdom and Folly: the Moralizing Tradition in American Art," September-December 2010.

John Fowler has confirmed the authenticity of this painting as a work by William Aiken Walker on the basis of photographic images, and will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist.




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