William Aiken Walker
Big B Cotton Plantation
Estimate: 150.000 - 250.000 USD
Price realised: 648.500 USD
Price realised: 648.500 USD
Description
signed with conjoined initials and dated 'WAWalker. 1881.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 42 1/8 in. (61.6 x 107 cm.)
Painted in 1881.
The artist. | Stephen Minot Weld, Massachusetts, commissioned from the above. | Philip Balch Weld, Boston, Massachusetts, son of the above, gift from the above. | Mrs. Philip Balch Weld, Boston, Massachusetts, by descent. | H.A. Peterson, Boston, Massachusetts, gift from the above, circa 1938. | Howard Troutman, Lewiston, Maine, gift from the above, circa 1956. | Acquired by the late owners circa mid-1960s.
oil on canvas
24 ¼ x 42 1/8 in. (61.6 x 107 cm.)
Painted in 1881.
The artist. | Stephen Minot Weld, Massachusetts, commissioned from the above. | Philip Balch Weld, Boston, Massachusetts, son of the above, gift from the above. | Mrs. Philip Balch Weld, Boston, Massachusetts, by descent. | H.A. Peterson, Boston, Massachusetts, gift from the above, circa 1938. | Howard Troutman, Lewiston, Maine, gift from the above, circa 1956. | Acquired by the late owners circa mid-1960s.
A top price for William Aiken Walker
This artwork by William Aiken Walker achieved an unexpectedly high price at Christies in New York in November 2017. In the American Art auction, the work Big B Cotton Plantation sold for USD 648,500.00 (€ 545,049.59) - well above the upper estimate of USD 250,000.00. This high result makes Big B Cotton Plantation the most expensive artwork by William Aiken Walker that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für William Aiken Walker
Dieses Kunstwerk von William Aiken Walker erzielte im November 2017 bei Christies in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion American Art wurde die Arbeit Big B Cotton Plantation für USD 648.500,00 (€ 545.049,59) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 250.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Big B Cotton Plantation zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von William Aiken Walker, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
William Aiken Walker - Auction history
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