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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1960s. Contains notable sketches of Rosa Parks sitting on a park bench. Contains oil pastel rural landscapes, ink and graphite classical anatomical, and biomorphic portrait studies.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1940s. Contains musings on jazz performers at the Cafe Society jazz club in New York City. Contains graphite sketches of jazz performers and classical anatomical and biomorphic portrait studies. Includes sketches of Teddy Wilson performing at Cafe Society.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1950s. Contains to-do lists, addresses, and appointment reminders. Contains ink sketches of abstract shapes, biomorphic portraits, anatomical studies, and expressionistic landscapes.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook dated 1969. Contains appointment reminders and ink and graphite sketches of biomorphic portraits.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1950s. Contains daily to-do lists, appointment reminders, and drafted correspondence. Delaney mentions beginning to read Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller. Notable ink sketches of Duke Ellington playing the piano and a portrait of Henry Miller.

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Beauford Delaney notebook circa 1966. Contains sketches of ottoman empire architecture, likely from Istanbul, possibly Galata Tower, Turkey.

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Beauford Delaney notebook circa 1960s. Contains appointment reminders. Contains ink sketches of still-life scenes and a notable sketch of Rosa Parks sitting on a park bench.

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Beauford Delaney notebook dated 1953. Contains school work, appointment reminders, and to-do lists. Contains graphite sketches of abstract landscapes and biomorphic portrait studies.

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Beauford Delaney notebook dated 1966. Contains appointment reminders and to-do lists. Contains meditations on friendship with Henry Miller and includes a notable ink sketch of Miller. Contains ink sketches of biomorphic portraits, anatomical studies, and expressionistic landscapes.

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Beauford Delaney notebook circa 1950s. Contains an ink sketch of an expressionistic portrait.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1950s. Contains to-do lists and appointment reminders. Contains graphite sketches of city landscapes and portraits.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1940s. Contains to-do lists, appointment reminders, and drafted correspondence. Contains graphite portrait sketches and expressionistic landscapes.

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Beauford Delaney notebook circa 1950s. Contains to-do lists and appointment reminders. Mentions trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. Contains ink and graphite sketches of city landscapes and biomorphic portrait studies. Includes personal account of unknown late night callers harassing Delaney.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1940s. Delaney recalls time spent at the Village Vanguard, seeing Eddie Heywood perform, and meeting Richard Wright, author of Native Son. Contains several charcoal and graphite portraits and classical anatomical studies. Several notable sketches of professional boxer Canada Lee.

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Beauford Delaney notebook dated 1966. Contains a drafted letter to Henry Miller, in which he discusses friend Henk van Gelre leaving Miller’s correspondence in the possession of Delaney. Contains to-do lists, addresses, and appointment reminders. Contains one oil pastel and ink sketch and several ink sketches of portrait and landscape studies.

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Beauford Delaney sketchbook circa 1940s. Delaney muses about Leonardo da Vinci’s renown due to the Mona Lisa rather than inventions. Contains to-do lists, addresses, appointment reminders, and drafted letters. Contains two watercolor and ink sketches and several ink sketches of portrait and landscape studies.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Beauford Delaney Papers consist of the artists’ personal and professional papers from the 1900s through the 1970s. This includes correspondence with colleagues, friends and family; photographs of Beauford and others; sketchbooks and notebooks; loose sketches and other artworks; exhibition materials; and printed material collected by Delaney. The bulk of the collection consists of materials collected and created during Beauford’s time in Paris, where he lived from 1953 until his death in...

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Beauford Delaney notebook circa 1950s. Contains to-do lists, addresses, appointment reminders, and a list of twenty-one oil paintings

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Beauford Delaney Papers consist of the artists’ personal and professional papers from the 1900s through the 1970s. This includes correspondence with colleagues, friends and family; photographs of Beauford and others; sketchbooks and notebooks; loose sketches and other artworks; exhibition materials; and printed material collected by Delaney. The bulk of the collection consists of materials collected and created during Beauford’s time in Paris, where he lived from 1953 until his death in...

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Beauford Delaney notebook dated 1968. Contains to-do lists, addresses, appointment reminders, and ink sketches. Contains lyrics to the song "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue", originally composed by Fats Waller.