Last week, Les Amis reported that Swann Auction Galleries would offer Beauford's Untitled (Greenwich Village Street, New York) for auction during its African American Art sale on October 3, 2024.
(circa 1945-46) Oil on linen canvas
457x546 mm; 18x21½ inches.
Signed and dated (indistinctly) in oil, lower right recto.
Signed (three times) and inscribed "181 Greene St" (twice)"
and "NY" in oil on the stretcher bars, verso.
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
The estimated sale price for this magnificent piece was $250,000 - $350,000.
It sold for $629,000, including a 20% buyer's premium (hammer price was $520,000).
For more information about Swann's October 3 African American Art Sale, click HERE.