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William Aiken Walker
Cotton Pickers1880-1890s

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Oil painting of two Black figures standing before a cotton field — a woman balancing a full harvest basket on her head, a man with a pipe and suspenders beside her
Artist or Maker
William Aiken Walker
United States, South Carolina, Charleston, 1838-1921
Title
Cotton Pickers
Date Made
1880-1890s
Medium
Oil on academy board
Dimensions
Sight: 6 3/4 × 11 3/4 in. (17.15 × 29.85 cm) Frame: 9 3/4 × 16 × 1 1/2 in. (24.77 × 40.64 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of John W. B. and Ilene F. Foringer
Accession Number
M.2013.149.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
American Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Arabindan-Kesson, Anna. Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World. Durham: Duke University Press, 2021.

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