As reported last week, Barcelona's Aurora & Athena offered a vibrant Beauford Delaney abstract painting for sale during its July Fine Art Auction: Modern & Contemporary Masterpieces.
Abstract Composition
(1961) Oil on canvas
Signed front lower right "61 Beauford Delaney"
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
The estimated sale price of this work was 20,000€ to 30,000€.
It sold for 42,500€ (54,400€ with buyer's premium).
Presumably, Beauford painted Abstract Composition, 1961 during the first half of 1961, when he participated in group shows at the American Cultural Center (14 January through 11 February) and the Galerie Breteau (1 June through 8 July) in Paris.
Aurora & Athena sold a 1968 abstract work on paper by Beauford during its inaugural auction—A Curated Collection of Fine Art—on December 7, 2024.
Untitled
(1968) Gouache on paper
Signed lower right "Beauford Delaney 68"
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
Its estimated sale price was 2,000€ to 3,000€, and it sold for 3,500€ (4,375€ with buyer’s premium).
