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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Black Art Auction Sells a Beauford Delaney Portrait

Black Art Auction's May Signature Auction was held on May 20, 2023.

Portrait of Mme du Closel (Lot 182) sold for $4,687.50, including 25% buyer's premium (estimated sale price was $6,000-$8,000).

Portrait of Mme du Closel
(1964) Pastel on paper
12.5 x 16 inches
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire

No 6 Portrait, JFK (Lot 145 - estimated sale price was $15,000-$25,000) went unsold.

(We obtained this information directly from the auction house on May 26, 2023; it contrasts the information displayed on its Website at the time of this writing).

No 6 Portrait, JFK
(1966) Pastel
16 x 12.75 inches
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

The majority of works sold during this auction did not fetch the estimated sale price. In addition to Beauford's portrait of JFK, several items went unsold.

In the past, Black Art Auction's sales of Beauford's work have produced more positive results.

His Untitled 1961 gouache on paper sold for $100,000 during the May Fine Art Auction on May 22, 2021 (estimated sale price was $30,000-$50,000).

Untitled
(1961) Gouache on paper
23 x 18 inches
signed and dated; estate stamp (1979) verso
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

His Untitled (1962-1964) gouache on paper sold for $53,125 during the Fall Fine Art Sale on November 19, 2022 (estimated sale price was $50,000-$70,000).

Untitled
(1962-1964) Gouache on paper
Signed and dated "Paris, 1964"
Inscribed: "for Amy(?) Erica + Tully, Paris August 20, 1962, with fond regards"
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

And his Composition, 1963 watercolor on paper sold for $27,000 during the Works on Paper, Prints + 3-D Sale on February 6, 2021.

Composition, 1963
(1963) Watercolor
Signed at bottom right, dated, and
annotated "Souvenir" at bottom left
50 x 33.5 cm
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

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