Another French auction house sold a Beauford Delaney abstract last week.
Thierry de Maigret offered Beauford's Sans titre ocre et jaune gouache on paper at its PHOTOGRAPHIES - TABLEAUX MODERNES - ART NOUVEAU - ART DÉCO - DESIGN sale on Friday, July 7, 2023.
(1960) Gouache, signed and dated 60 at bottom right
63 x 47,5 cm; 24.8 x 18.7 in
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
The estimated sale price was 6,000€ - 10,000€.
The work sold for 41,213€ (including 24% buyer's premium and 20% VAT; total of 28.8% in fees).
The swirling pattern in this work on paper reminded me of an oil painting that Beauford created in 1960, which also sold by a French auction house for a price that far exceeded the estimated value.
It was shown at Beauford's monographic exhibition at the Facchetti gallery in June-July 1960.
(circa 1960) Oil on canvas
Signed at lower right and on back of canvas
84 x 75 cm
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Biographer David Leeming indicates that most of the works shown at this exhibition were large oils on canvas and that all were abstracts.
Though there is no evidence that the gouache was shown at the Facchetti gallery, perhaps Beauford created it while he was working on the pieces for the exhibition.
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