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Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
JOSEPH DELANEY (1904 - 1991) Waldorf Cafeteria.
Oil on masonite board, 1966. 349x660 mm; 13¾x26 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection, New York (1971); thence by descent, private collection.
The original owner was a model and close personal friend of Joseph Delaney's. She purchased it on Jan. 21, 1971 for her husband's 47th birthday.
The Waldorf Cafeteria was a restaurant chain which had several locations in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. The Village location on 6th Avenue was a popular artist hangout.
