id:			518779
accession number:	2022.92
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.92
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:36.809000

Untitled, c. 1958. Beauford Delaney (American, 1901–1979). Oil on canvas; 146.1 x 114.3 cm (57 1/2 x 45 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 2022.92 © Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

title:				Untitled
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creation date:			c. 1958
creation date earliest:		1953
creation date latest:		1963
current location:		227 Abstract Expressionism
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
copyright:			© Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

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culture:	America
technique:	Oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Beauford Delaney (American, 1901–1979)  - artist

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measurements: 146.1 x 114.3 cm (57 1/2 x 45 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Beauford Delaney: Liquid Light, Paris Abstractions, 1954-1970. </em>Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (September 9 - October 30, 1999).

* <em>Beauford Delaney: The Color Yellow.</em> High Museum of Art, Atlanta (February 9 - May 5, 2002); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (July 10 - September 15, 2002); Anacostia Museum and Center of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (October 11 - December 30, 2002); Sert Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (February 15 - May 4, 2003).

* <em>Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence, Part 1: Painting.</em> Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (March 14 - July 31, 2009).

* <em>Blues for Smoke. </em>The Geffen Contemporary at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (October 21, 2012 - January 7, 2013); Wexner Center of the Arts, Columbus, OH (September 21, 2012 - January 5, 2014).

* <em>Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition. </em>Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (February 29 - January 3, 2021).

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PROVENANCE

	Beauford Delaney, Paris, FR
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	(Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, FR)
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	Paul Facchetti, Paris, FR
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	Bruno Facchetti, Paris, FR, and Brooklyn, NY
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	Private Collection
	date: 1998
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	(Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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fun fact:
Delaney was a very good friend and inspirational mentor to writer James Baldwin.

digital description:
Believing in the power of color to communicate emotions and symbolize ideas, Beauford Delaney loved yellow for its associations of light, healing, and spiritual radiance. In works such as <em>Untitled</em>, he created a sense of happiness and uplift even when his personal circumstances were challenging. Born in the racially segregated southern United States, the artist eventually relocated to Paris during the early 1950s, hoping to live and work more freely as a queer Black man.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Leeming, David. "Beauford, Abstraction, and Light," <em>Beauford Delaney: Liquid light, Paris Abstractions, 1954-1970, </em>exh. cat. (New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 1999).
	page number: 	Mentioned P. 7; Reproduced p. 11
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	Powell, Richard J.  <em>Beauford Delaney: The Color Yellow, </em>exh.cat. (Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 2001).
	page number: 	Reproduced P. 37.
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	<em>Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence, Painting and Sculpture, </em>exh. cat. (New York: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2009).
	page number: 	Reproduced P. 25
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	Childs, Adrienne.  <em>Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition, </em>exh. cat.  (New York: Rizzoli, 2020).
	page number: 	Reproduced P. 157
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