Beauford Delaney,American (1901-1979) Unbridled(Fang,Crow,and Fruit),1945,oil on canvas.
Beauford Delaney arranged this still life composition as if to present an offering to the Fang reliquary figures that appears at the right.His vivid colors and the energetic brushwork create a sense of vibration-the bowl appears to spin and the figure to rock.Delaney may have seen Traditional African Art at the Primitive Art Center in Manhattan or at the Brooklyn Museum.
Beauford Delaney,American (1901-1979) Unbridled(Fang,Crow,and Fruit),1945,oil on canvas.
Beauford Delaney arranged this still life composition as if to present an offering to the Fang reliquary figures that appears at the right.His vivid colors and the energetic brushwork create a sense of vibration-the bowl appears to spin and the figure to rock.Delaney may have seen Traditional African Art at the Primitive Art Center in Manhattan or at the Brooklyn Museum.