William Aiken Walker, AUNTIE CLEO, OIL ON PANEL

Sold for $2,500 at Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. on Apr 23, 2026.

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Lot description

William Aiken Walker (American / South Carolina, 1838-1921). "Auntie Cleo" - an elderly female cotton picker / sharecropper stands in front of a cotton field smoking a pipe with a basket of cotton balanced on her head, late 19th/early 20th century, oil on panel, signed "W.A. Walker" to LL, labels for Christie's sale to verso. Framed. Provenance: The Estate of Goodman B. Espy, Atlanta, GA and Estate of William Yerrington Dear, Jr. and Thelma Tipson Dear.; sold at Christie's, New York, NY, "Fine American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture", sale no. 1488, March 3, 2005, lot 31. Approximate Dimensions: panel h. 8.75", w. 4.625"; frame h. 12.375", w. 8.25", d. 1.5".

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