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Untitled (Fang Sculpture, Crow and Fruit)

Beauford Delaney

American Art

Beauford Delaney arranged this still-life composition as if it were an offering to the Fang reliquary figure (a ritual object used by Fang peoples from central West Africa) seen on the right. The artist’s vivid colors and energetic brushwork create a sense of vibration—the bowl almost appears to spin, and the figure to rock. Delaney may have seen traditional African art at the Primitive African Art Center in Manhattan or at the Brooklyn Museum.
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES 1945
DIMENSIONS 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm) frame: 32 x 37 x 4 in. (81.3 x 94 x 10.2 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed and dated lower left: "Beauford Delaney / 45"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.73
CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Arnold Lehman, A. Augustus Healy Fund and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Beauford Delaney (American, 1901-1979). Untitled (Fang Sculpture, Crow and Fruit), 1945. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Arnold Lehman, A. Augustus Healy Fund and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 2014.73. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2014.73_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2014.73_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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RIGHTS STATEMENT © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esq., Court Appointed Administrator
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Beauford Delaney (American, 1901-1979). <em>Untitled (Fang Sculpture, Crow and Fruit)</em>, 1945. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Fund for African American Art in honor of Arnold Lehman, A. Augustus Healy Fund and Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 2014.73. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2014.73_PS9.jpg)