PHILADELPHIA – A painting by self-taught Texas artist and Lutheran pastor William A. Slaughter rose to the top of the sale in Material Culture’s November 23 Fine, Folk & Outsider art auction when it sold for $12,915. The oil on canvas titled “Splendid Seclusion” measured 30 by 40 inches and had provenance to La Jolla-based Simic Galleries. Landscapes with bluebonnets and other Texas wildflowers are among Slaughter’s most popular images, though he was also skilled in other areas, including still life and portraiture.

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