Beauford at the Luxembourg Garden

The Luxembourg Garden is my favorite place in Paris.

So I was tickled to read in correspondence between two of Beauford's dearest friends, Charley Boggs and Larry Calcagno, that Beauford enjoyed the garden as well!

Boggs wrote to Calcagno that he and Beauford visited the garden in early April 1965 and enjoyed the spring weather, sitting in the sun and watching the children play with their sailboats at the octagonal pond near the palace. He left Beauford there, sitting in a rented chair, while he went back to his atelier.

For those of you who are not familiar with the garden, here are some photos of the area mentioned in Boggs' letter.

Boat basin
© Discover Paris!

Father assists daughter with sailboat
© Discover Paris!

Children on a field trip
© Discover Paris!

Motorboats at the basin
© Discover Paris!

Fountain in boat basin
© Discover Paris!
Happily, sitting in chairs at the garden is now free of charge!

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We're staging a reading of the Beauford Delaney play
Amazing Grace is Yellow
in Paris on October 16, 2019.

You can become a part of Beauford's legacy by supporting this event!

"Adopt an actor" to contribute 450€ or $500 for rehearsals and the actual reading by clicking HERE!