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Saturday, May 6, 2023

Phillips and Christie's to Auction Two Beauford Delaney Abstracts

Two Beauford Delaney abstracts are being auctioned this month.

Phillips is presenting Untitled, 1958 at its "20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale" on May 16, 2023.

Untitled
signed, dedicated and dated "Bon Noel Pour Monsieur Ballois avec amitiƩ Dec 1961 Beauford Delaney 58" lower right
Oil on paper
24 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (61.6 x 50.2 cm)
Painted in 1958.
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Untitled
Detail of signature and dedication
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

The estimated sale price of this work (Lot No. 210) is $30,000-$50,000.

On May 17, 2023, Christie's is presenting Composition Bleu at its "A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection" sale on May 17, 2023.

Composition Bleu
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Beauford Delaney 68 Rue Paul Couturier Clamart Siene 60’
(on the reverse);
titled and dated again ‘Composition Bleu 1960’
(on a panel affixed to the stretcher)
Oil on canvas
51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.5 x 97.1 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

This work was once held by Galerie Paul Facchetti in Paris. It is extremely likely that Beauford created it for the express purpose of showing it at the solo exhibition that Facchetti organized for Beauford in 1960. 

The painting was acquired by the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery from a member of the Facchetti family and sold to the current owner.

The estimated sale price of this work (Lot 2 C) is $300,000-$500,000. 

For more information on these sales, visit the Christie's and Phillips Websites.

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