William Edwin Walton (1909-1994)
Landscape
, 1951
Oil on board
20 x 24 inches
Signed and dated.
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Provenance
A gift from the Artist to the previous owner in 1954.
Literature
Walton was associated with the American Abstract Expressionist Group. He was also a close friend of President John F. Kennedy and Ernest Hemingway. Under Kennedy he was made Chairman of the Commission on Fine Arts.