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William Aiken Walker
Wash Day1880-1890s

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Oil painting of a weathered log cabin with a rough plank roof, surrounded by Black figures working in a sandy yard, with a large corn stack leaning against the cabin wall and a clothesline in the distance
Artist or Maker
William Aiken Walker
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, 1838-1921
Title
Wash Day
Date Made
1880-1890s
Medium
Oil on academy board
Dimensions
Sight: 5 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (13.34 × 29.85 cm) Frame: 10 × 16 × 1 1/4 in. (25.4 × 40.64 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John W. B. and Ilene F. Foringer
Accession Number
M.2013.149.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art