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Saturday, October 15, 2022

Beauford Delaney News

Here are a few tidbits of news about Beauford's work, gathered from a Google search a few days ago.

New Orleans Auction Galleries Sale

On October 9, 2022, New Orleans Auction Galleries sold the untitled Beauford Delaney gouache on paper pictured below for $17,500.

Untitled
(1969) Gouache on paper
Sheet 8-1/2" x 6-1/4", framed 14-1/4" x 11-3/4"
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Beauford at the Art Institute of Chicago

Beauford's iconic 1944 self-portrait and Norman Lewis' Multitudes are being juxtaposed with several closed-form sculptures by Toshiko Takaezu in Gallery 262 at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Self-portrait
(1944) Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
By permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Find an image of the display here: https://www.artic.edu/highlights/49/a-aapi-artists

Watercolor Portrait of Beauford Delaney Being Sold for Charity

Portrait of Beauford Delaney
(2017) Watercolor on paper
Forsyth Harmon

You'll find this beautiful portrait of Beauford in a book called The Art of the Affair: An Illustrated History of Love, Sex, and Artistic Influence by Catherine Lacey.

Forsyth Harmon is selling the portrait for $150 and has pledged to donate all proceeds to the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center, an organization that promotes literacy through teaching and learning about the African roots experience, including history and culture, through a dynamic exchange of information, ideas, and creativity.

Find information and purchase the work here: https://forsythharmon.com/Beauford-Delaney

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