Friese Masters 2021 - 1st Solo Beauford Delaney Exhibition in the UK

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery (MRG) has organized the first solo exhibition of Beauford's work in the UK at Frieze Masters 2021 in Regent's Park, London. Laura Hoptman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center, curated the show, which is entitled Beauford Delaney An American in Paris.

This magnificent exhibition consists of nine works on canvas and twenty-two works on paper. It was previewed on October 13 and 14 and opened to the public on October 15. It will be on display through Sunday, October 17.

Tickets to Frieze Masters are limited and only available online. Purchase them here: Frieze Masters 2021.

The online catalog opens with the following quote:

“[I have] worked terribly hard here in Europe and much has sundered and exploded, but now it coalesces with lava-like smoke and fluid color, sometimes a veritable flame, other times subdued essences… yes, I am again painting in my old feeling – tense, difficult, but compulsive, and I love it.”
                                                            —Beauford Delaney, 1964

Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney only mentions one trip that Beauford made to London. He and Mary Painter visited the city in late 1963. Two works in the Frieze Masters show are dated 1963.

Untitled
(1963) Oil on canvas, signed
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

Untitled
(1963) Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

View the online catalog here (use "full screen" for maximum effect): Beauford Delaney An American in Paris

MRG is showing Be Your Wonderful Self: The Portraits of Beauford Delaney concurrently in NYC. Read the NYTimes review of the show HERE.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC is Special Advisor and Representative of the Estate of Beauford Delaney.