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Saturday, May 20, 2023

Sale, Sale, Sale

The results of the Christie's and Phillips' auctions are in!

Phillips sold Beauford's Untitled, 1958 at its "20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale" on May 16, 2023.

Untitled
signed, dedicated and dated "Bon Noel Pour Monsieur Ballois avec amitié Dec 1961 Beauford Delaney 58" lower right
Oil on paper
24 1/4 x 19 3/4 in. (61.6 x 50.2 cm)
Painted in 1958.
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

The estimated sale price of this work was $30,000-$50,000.

The actual sale price was $45,000 ($57,150 including a 27% buyer's premium).

Christie's sold Composition Bleu at its "A Century of Art: The Gerald Fineberg Collection" sale on May 17, 2023.

Composition Bleu
signed, inscribed and dated ‘Beauford Delaney 68 Rue Paul Couturier Clamart Siene 60’
(on the reverse);
titled and dated again ‘Composition Bleu 1960’
(on a panel affixed to the stretcher)
Oil on canvas
51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.5 x 97.1 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
© Estate of Beauford Delaney,
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

The estimated sale price of this work was $300,000-$500,000.

The actual sale price was $620,000 ($781,200 with 26% buyer's premium).

Today, Black Art Auction is offering two portraits by Beauford during its May Signature Auction.

Portrait of Mme du Closel
(1964) Pastel on paper
12.5 x 16 inches
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,

The estimated sale price of this work is $6,000-$8,000.

The Les Amis de Beauford Delaney blog post entitled "A Boundless Love: Beauford Delaney’s Letters to Larry Calcagno" is quoted extensively in the description for No 6, Portrait, JFK.

No 6 Portrait, JFK
(1966) Pastel
16 x 12.75 inches
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

The estimated sale price of this work is $15,000-$25,000.

The May Signature Auction includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper and prints spanning more than 100 years of American art history. For more information, click HERE.

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