In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney is an exhibition featuring works on paper by the American artist Beauford Delaney (1901–1979) at The Drawing Center in New York.  The exhibition features around ninety works on paper as well as works on canvas and an array of ephemera (documentary photographs, correspondence, exhibition brochures, and press clippings). Delaney’s works on paper closely followed techniques and motifs he used in his paintings.

The featured artwork in this week’s newsletter is Beauford Delaney’s Untitled (Study for She Ain't Getting Up, Mrs. Parks), c. 1963. Held in the Beauford Delaney Papers, MS.3967, Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Photo © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY