Tyler Fine Art x Ripley Auctions is presenting "African-American Artists - A Fine Art Auction" at 11:00 AM on March 18, 2017 (today). Beauford's Portrait of a Young Man (Larry Calcagno) is among the works for sale.
Portrait of a Young Man (Larry Calcagno)
(1953) Oil on canvas
31.75" x 25.5" (80.6 cm x 64.8 cm)
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Two extensive articles on Beauford and Calcagno's relationship can be found on this blog:
A Boundless Love: Beauford Delaney's Letters to Larry Calcagno (2016)
and
Beauford and Larry Calcagno (2011)
Calcagno painted a portrait of his friend in 1975:
Larry Calcagno's Portrait of Beauford (2011)
The Calcagno portrait was part of the Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris exhibition, which was shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Greenville County Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2004-2006.
The portrait has been assigned Lot Number 24. Its estimated value is $15,000-20,000.
A Beauford Delaney lithograph (Lot 25) entitled Lithography Afrique is also up for auction in this show (estimated value is $1500-$2500).
Ripley Auctions
2764 East 55th Place
Indianapolis, IN 46220
For additional information, call 317-251-5635.
(1953) Oil on canvas
31.75" x 25.5" (80.6 cm x 64.8 cm)
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Two extensive articles on Beauford and Calcagno's relationship can be found on this blog:
A Boundless Love: Beauford Delaney's Letters to Larry Calcagno (2016)
and
Beauford and Larry Calcagno (2011)
Calcagno painted a portrait of his friend in 1975:
Larry Calcagno's Portrait of Beauford (2011)
The Calcagno portrait was part of the Beauford Delaney: From New York to Paris exhibition, which was shown at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Greenville County Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2004-2006.
The portrait has been assigned Lot Number 24. Its estimated value is $15,000-20,000.
A Beauford Delaney lithograph (Lot 25) entitled Lithography Afrique is also up for auction in this show (estimated value is $1500-$2500).
Ripley Auctions
2764 East 55th Place
Indianapolis, IN 46220
For additional information, call 317-251-5635.
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