Feb 17, 2009 - Sale 2169

Sale 2169 - Lot 57

Unsold
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000
BEAUFORD DELANEY (1901 - 1978)
No. 6 Portrait, JFK.

Pastel on thin cream wove paper, 1963. 410x325 mm; 16x12 3/4 inches. Signed and dated, lower right recto.

Delaney made imaginary portraits of cultural icons such as Ella Fitzgerald, Jean Genet, Robert and John F. Kennedy, in addition to the public figures who sat for him, including Marian Anderson, James Baldwin, Canada Lee and Henry Miller.