In Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney
, biographer David Leeming says that in June 1958, Beauford began experimenting with the use of color to convey his inner life, moving toward "a more expressionist use of painting to represent the inner turmoil..." He quotes a letter dated June 24, 1958 in which Beauford said that the "constant gray here creates a marvelous setting in the mind for color" and another letter dated August 22, 1958 in which he said that it is "difficult to capture the shock of life - it's a thing of magic and not technique..."
Today I'm sharing images of some of Beauford's abstracts from 1958 that seem representative of this state of mind.
Untitled (Green Drip Abstraction)
(1958) Gouache on wove paper
Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Untitled (Yellow Abstraction)
(c. 1958-1959) Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Image courtesy of Aaron Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Untitled (Abstract composition)
(1958) Oil on wove paper
Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Clamart Red
(1958) Oil on canvas
On loan from a private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Even during this period, Beauford did not abandon his search for "inner light" through the creations of predominantly yellow paintings such as the one represented below.
Untitled
(c.1958) Oil on canvas
signed and dated
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Image courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
, biographer David Leeming says that in June 1958, Beauford began experimenting with the use of color to convey his inner life, moving toward "a more expressionist use of painting to represent the inner turmoil..." He quotes a letter dated June 24, 1958 in which Beauford said that the "constant gray here creates a marvelous setting in the mind for color" and another letter dated August 22, 1958 in which he said that it is "difficult to capture the shock of life - it's a thing of magic and not technique..."Today I'm sharing images of some of Beauford's abstracts from 1958 that seem representative of this state of mind.
(1958) Gouache on wove paper
Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
(c. 1958-1959) Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Image courtesy of Aaron Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
(1958) Oil on wove paper
Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
(1958) Oil on canvas
On loan from a private collection
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Even during this period, Beauford did not abandon his search for "inner light" through the creations of predominantly yellow paintings such as the one represented below.
Untitled
(c.1958) Oil on canvas
signed and dated
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Image courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
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