Four Beauford Delaney Works on Paper to Be Auctioned

Four delightful works on paper created by Beauford will be auctioned during the Tajan Art Après-Guerre et Contemporain sale on July 1, 2020.

Three of the works are dated 1968 and two are annotated to indicate that Beauford created them during a visit to the south of France.

Untitled
(1968) Gouache on paper
Private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Portrait of Bernard Hassell
(1968) Gouache on paper
Private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Untitled
Watercolor on paper
Private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Untitled
(1968) Gouache on paper
Private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
In Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney, biographer David Leeming indicates that the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a "disastrous effect" on Beauford's mental state and that Bernard Hassell found him wandering around Paris during the 1968 riots that took place in the French capital. He took Beauford on an extended trip to the south of France, where they stayed in Avignon, in the mountains, and at Bernard's home near Toulon.

Estimated sale prices for these works range from 1500€ to 6000€.

For more information about the auction, click HERE (Website in French).