Lot 202
Lot 202
Property from the Jay P. Altmayer Family Collection
William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)

Banana Peddler of Greenville, Mississippi

    Price Realised USD 5,250
    Estimate
    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
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    William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)

    Banana Peddler of Greenville, Mississippi

    Price Realised USD 5,250
    Price Realised USD 5,250
    Details
    William Aiken Walker (1838-1921)
    Banana Peddler of Greenville, Mississippi
    signed with conjoined initials 'WAWalker.' (lower left)
    oil on board
    6 ½ x 4 5/8 in. (16.5 x 11.7 cm.)
    Painted circa 1883.
    Provenance
    The artist.
    Rev. Joseph Bogen, Mississippi.
    Caleb Forbes Davis, Iowa, gift from the above, 1883.
    Annie Davis, by descent from the above.
    Literature
    C. Seibels, The Sunny South: The Life and Art of William Aiken Walker, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1995, p. 73, fig. 26, illustrated.
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