Description William Aiken Walker (American/South Carolina, 1838-1921), "Cotton Picker in a Field with Basket", oil on academy board, signed lower left, 12 1/4 in. x 6 1/8 in., framed . Provenance: Dr. D.A. Spring, Baton Rouge, LA; Neal Auction Company, Apr. 21, 2012, lot 321. Ill.: Trovaioli, August P. and Roulhac B. Toledano. William Aiken Walker: Southern Genre Painter. Baton Rouge and New Orleans: LSU Press and Pelican Press, 1972 (first edition) and 2008 (second edition), pp. 61 and 115. To be included in John Fowler's catalogue raisonne on the artist .
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