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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Case Auctions Offers Four Beauford Delaney Works on Paper for Sale

Today and tomorrow, Case Auctions of Knoxville, TN is offering four (4) works on paper from the Beauford Delaney Estate for purchase during its Two Day Summer Fine Arts and Antiques sale.

Lots 168 and 169 will be auctioned on July 6, 2024:

Lot 168:  Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe
(c. 1930s) Pastel on paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Estimated sale price: $8,000 - $10,000

Lot 169:  Portrait of a Black Man
(1963) Charcoal on paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Estimated sale price: $4,000 - $4,400

Portrait of a Black Man (signature)
(1963) Charcoal on paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

While I have seen 1930s portraits done by Beauford that are consistent with the style of Portrait of a Man Smoking a Pipe, I have not seen any 1963 portraits that compare to Portrait of a Black Man.

Lots 1087 and 1088 will be auctioned on July 7, 2024:

Lot 1087:  Portrait of a Man with Glasses and Necktie
(Undated) Pastel on Paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Estimated sale price: $8,000 - $9,000

Lot 1088:  Istanbul, Turkey
(1966) Ink on paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Estimated sale price: $3,400 - $3,800

Istanbul, Turkey (signature)
(1966) Ink on paper
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator


The ink on paper landscape entitled Istanbul, Turkey is signed and dated 1966. 

I have published images of two additional Istanbul landscapes with the same date in past blog posts: an oil on paper in "Beauford in Istanbul" and a watercolor in "Another June Sale."

All the works being auctioned by Case this weekend bear the stamp of Beauford's estate.

For information about the sale, click HERE.

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