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BEAUFORD DELANEY (1901 - 1979) Untitled (Smiling Man).

BEAUFORD DELANEY (1901 - 1979)
Untitled (Smiling Man).

Color oil monotype, circa 1960-65. 645x500 mm; 25 1/2x19 5/8 inches.

Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's brother Joseph Delaney, with a letter of authentication; private collection.

This is the only known example of a monotype by the artist to come to auction, and is a possible self-portrait. Monotypes by Beauford Delaney were included in the 1997 exhibition Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America at the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

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