<I>Untitled (Abstraction)</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1964
name: label: Created by
content: Beauford Delaney, American, 1901 - 1979
notes: label: Caption
content: "The abstraction, ostensibly, is simply for me the penetration of something that is more profound than rigidity of form. A form breathes some, if ithas some enigma to it, it is also the enigma that is the abstract, I would think." - Beauford Delaney
label: Caption
content: With regard to Beauford Delaney’s artistic production, 1964 was a particularly fruitful year. He was then living in Montparnasse, France, and working on a series of abstractions painted predominantly using the color yellow. He especially favored that color; it served as a means for expressing the essence of light, mood, and memory. Delaney’s yellow paintings were well received, described by French art critic Julien Alvard, as "une émanation du soleil," an emanation of the sun.
label: Description
content: This is an abstract oil painting done in colors of primarily yellow and orange-pink against an off-white background. The paint is laid on the canvas in thick textured clumps. The reverse is signed and dated by the artist and inscribed "Paris" in oil.
place: label: Place made
content: Paris, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.233.1
objectType: label: Type
content: oil paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of Beauford Delaney
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: oil on linen
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 1/8 × 13 × 3/4 in. (41 × 33 × 1.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (with frame): 22 1/2 × 19 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (57.2 × 48.6 × 3.8 cm)