William Aiken Walker
Cotton Picking
Found at
Sothebys,
New York
The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Lot 1044
9. May - 24. May 2022
The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Lot 1044
9. May - 24. May 2022
Estimate: 8.000 - 12.000 USD
Price realised: 10.080 USD
Price realised: 10.080 USD
Description
William Aiken Walker
1828 - 1921
Cotton Picking
signed WAWalker. (lower left)
oil on copper
image: 7 3/4 in. diameter (19.7 cm. diameter)
copper: 11 1/4 in. diameter (28.6 cm. diameter)
Executed circa 1880.
We are grateful to John Fowler for his help with the authentication of this lot based on his examination from photographs.
Private Collection, Gloucester, United Kingdom | Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
1828 - 1921
Cotton Picking
signed WAWalker. (lower left)
oil on copper
image: 7 3/4 in. diameter (19.7 cm. diameter)
copper: 11 1/4 in. diameter (28.6 cm. diameter)
Executed circa 1880.
We are grateful to John Fowler for his help with the authentication of this lot based on his examination from photographs.
Private Collection, Gloucester, United Kingdom | Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
In May last year Sothebys in New York held the auction The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, which included the work Cotton Picking by William Aiken Walker. The price achieved of USD 10,080.00 (€ 9,393.35) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 8,000.00 – 12,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by William Aiken Walker achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Big B Cotton Plantation in November 2017 with an auction result of USD 648,500.00 (€ 545,049.59).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im Mai letzten Jahres führte Sothebys in New York die Auktion The American Scene including Important Photographs from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation durch, in der auch die Arbeit Cotton Picking von William Aiken Walker zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 10.080,00 (€ 9.393,35) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 8.000,00 – 12.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von William Aiken Walker erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Big B Cotton Plantation im November 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 648.500,00 (€ 545.049,59).
William Aiken Walker - Auction history
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