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William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)
Calhoun's Slaves
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'WAWalker. 1888.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1888.
Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York.
[With]Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, circa 1967.
(Probably) Acquired by the late owner from the above.
Literature
"An American Survey: Paintings from Two Centuries," The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. 7, March 1967, pp. 39, 45, no. 53, illustrated.
A.P. Trovaioli, R.B. Toledano, William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1972, p. 24, frontispiece illustration.
C. Seibels, The Sunny South: The Life and Art of William Aiken Walker, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1995, pp. 144, 199.
A.P. Trovaioli, R.B. Toledano, William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter, Gretna, Louisiana, 2007, dust jacket illustration.
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, April 24-October 29, 1939, pp. 128, 130, no. 174.

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