Christie’s to Auction Beauford’s Portrait of Peter Eyre

In December 2025, Les Amis published an extensive article about actor Peter Eyre and the portrait Beauford painted of him in 1960:

Beauford’s Portrait of Peter Eyre

Peter Eyre
(1960) Oil on canvas
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator
Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY

On June 25, 2026, Christie’s is auctioning this work during its Post-War to Present sale. They have listed the title as Portrait of a Young Man.

Beauford signed the work and wrote his Clamart address on the rear of the canvas.

Rear of Peter Eyre portrait
Image courtesy of Peter Eyre

Aside from the indication that Eyer’s mother, Dorothy Pelline Eyre, acquired the painting directly from Beauford and that Peter inherited it from her (“Thence by descent to the present owner”), the Web page provides no narrative text to describe the work or any relationship between the Eyres and Beauford.

The estimated sale price is 60,000£ – 80,000£.

Christie’s notes that an Artist’s Resale Right applies to its sale.

Click HERE to view their Web page for this work.