Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Delaney, Beauford |
Title |
Untitled |
Medium |
Watercolor and gouache on paper |
Date |
circa 1960 |
Description |
Beauford Delaney (Knoxville 1901-1979 Paris) Untitled, circa 1960 Watercolor and gouache on paper 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Knoxville Museum of Art, 2014 purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve In many of his early 1960s abstractions created at his suburban Clamart studio, Beauford Delaney applies intricate marks and subtle color gradations to suggest nature-based light and movement. He once described making minute adjustments in color and pattern so that his compositions would "vibrate like strange music." |
Catalog Number |
2014.13.07 |
Search Terms |
Gouaches Watercolors Paintings Mixed media works Abstract paintings Abstract works LBGTQ+ Artist |
Credit line |
purchase with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve |