id:			518779
accession number:	2022.92
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.92
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:21.308000

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

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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

* {'description': '<em>Beauford Delaney: Liquid Light, Paris Abstractions, 1954-1970. </em>Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (September 9 - October 30, 1999).', 'opening_date': '1999-09-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<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).', 'opening_date': '2002-02-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence, Part 1: Painting.</em> Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (March 14 - July 31, 2009).', 'opening_date': '2009-03-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<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).', 'opening_date': '2012-09-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition. </em>Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (February 29 - January 3, 2021).', 'opening_date': '2021-01-03T00:00:00'}

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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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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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