Six (6) Joseph Delaney (Tennessee/New York, 1904-1991) figural ink and pen sketches on paper including three (3) in blue ink on Japan paper and three (3) in black ink on heavy wove paper. 1st item: 3/4 portrait in blue ink depicting a nude woman with shoulder-length hair gazing directly at the viewer. 7 1/2" H x 5" W. 2nd item: Drawing in blue ink depicting a nude, seated woman seen from her left in full length. 7 1/2" H x 5" W. 3rd item: Drawing in blue ink depicting the back of a reclining nude woman raising her right arm to her head and looking downward. 7 1/2" W x 5" H. 4th item: Drawing in black ink depicting a full-length, seated, nude woman looking to the left, with left arm resting on the back of her chair. Signed in ink en verso. 8" H x 5" W. 5th item: Drawing in black ink depicting a full-length, standing, nude woman facing away from the viewer with arms by her sides. Signed in ink en verso. 8" H x 5" W. 6th item: Drawing in black ink depicting a nude woman with short hair facing away from the viewer. She raises her right arm and crosses her legs in a dance-like pose. Signed in ink en verso. 8" H x 5" W. Biography: "Joseph Delaney was born in Knoxville, TN in 1904, the ninth of ten children born to a Methodist Minister. He and his older brother, Beauford, discovered their interest in art by drawing on Sunday School cards. In 1930, Joseph left Tennessee for New York where Beauford was also working as an artist, and enrolled in the Art Students League under the tutelage of Thomas Hart Benton and Alexander Brooke. The subject matter he found there, including the city's landmarks and its people are the images for which he is best known. In 1986, Delaney returned to Knoxville to live and was artist-in-residence for the University of Tennessee Art Department until his death in 1991. Delaney's works are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Chicago Art Institute, The Knoxville Museum of Art, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum." (Source: The Life, Art, and Times of Joseph Delaney, 1904-1991, by Frederick C. Moffatt)

CONDITION: 1st item: Excellent condition with very faint discoloration to upper right corner and negligible dog-ear, lower right. 2nd item: Very good condition with 4 1/2" by 1/4" area of discoloration running down right edge of sheet. Dog-ear to lower left corner and spot of soiling en verse, lower center. 3rd item: Excellent condition with minute soiling to upper left corner. 4th item: Liquid stain to lower left quadrant causing discoloration and smudging to ink in lower legs and to signature en verso. Tip of lower right corner, outside of image, has been lost. Faint toning to edges of sheet. 5th item: Liquid stain near edge of sheet, lower left, causing faint discoloration and smudging to figure's lower legs, some of which bleeds into verso. Lower right corner, outside of image, has been lost. Faint toning to edges of sheet. 6th item: Lower right corner, outside of image, has been lost. Faint toning to edges of sheet.