Beauford Delaney met James Baldwin, the now-renowned writer and civil rights activist, while both men were working in New York during the Harlem Renaissance. Their mutual creative influence spanned their friendship of thirty-eight years. In this portrait, one of the earliest paintings that Delaney made of Baldwin, he uses vivid colors and a closely cropped view of Baldwin’s face to suggest the vibrant personality and intensity of his subject.

"Portrait of James Baldwin," 1945, by Beauford Delaney © Estate of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY [ Ссылка ]

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