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Browsing Tag Beauford Delaney

March 5, 2025

Explore groundbreaking examples of postwar abstract and figurative art in this April auction, showcasing significant works from the mid-century to contemporary periods.

January 9, 2025

Swann Galleries proudly presents 80 works honoring the legacy and enterprise of a trailblazing collector, showcasing postwar and contemporary Black art with a focus on abstraction.

October 8, 2024

African American Art Sets Six Artist Records The Thursday, October 3, 2024, sale of African American Art at Swann brought $3M and saw top prices for artists, with six records…

May 31, 2022

Abstract Artists From Alma Thomas to Jack Whitten Here we explore Black artists who have expanded abstract techniques that showcase unique aesthetics while examining current…

April 26, 2021

Auction Brings $3.9 Million – Second-Highest Grossing Sale in Department Thirteen-Year History Our spring offering of African American Art on April 22, 2021 was the second…

April 19, 2021

The Delaney brothers became well-known painters in the downtown New York art scene in the 1930s and 40s—while each followed their own distinct artistic path. Sibling artists both…

August 7, 2020

Richmond Barthé, Beauford Delaney, Kehinde Wiley, Freddie Styles, and Glenn Ligon produced artworks that are in sole ownership of the manifestation of their physical entities.…

August 10, 2018

At Auction October 4 Complete Catalogue     Highlights from our upcoming selection of fine art by African-American masters.   Elizabeth Catlett Works by figurative…

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April 9, 2018

We held our highest-grossing auction to date on April 5, totaling $4.5M—more than $1M over the high estimate of the sale. The 160 works that made up the highly curated offering of…

January 30, 2018

Two highlights of this sale on April 5 are significant, vibrant paintings by modernist New York artists. Beauford Delaney’s large Untitled (Village Street Scene), 1948, depicts a…