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Saturday, June 5, 2021

Judd Tully on Beauford's Studio Museum Retrospective

A few months after Beauford's death (March 26, 1979), art critic and journalist Judd Tully wrote an exposé of sorts regarding the Studio Museum of Harlem's retrospective show of Beauford's work and the disposition of his estate.

Catalog cover for retrospective at the Studio Museum in Harlem

Tully says that steps were taken to eliminate French bureaucratic obstacles and settle debts so the show could take place, but he does not specifically indicate who took these steps. He indicates that Exxon Corporation and the National Endowment of the Arts funded the Studio Museum exhibition and that the tutelle responsible for handling Beauford's affairs was dissolved.

What follows is biographical information admixed with statements that various artist acquaintances made about Beauford and his work during his lifetime.

Near the end of the article, Tully states that "...Beauford Delaney remains a tantalizing enigma to the all too color-conscious art historians. He has eluded history for the moment."

Forty-two years later, fueled by the work launched by Les Amis de Beauford Delaney in 2009, history is "catching up."

Read the entire article here: https://juddtully.net/reviews/beauford-delaney/

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