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I spotted this unsigned WPA New York street scene at the Rhinebeck Antique Show in May 2021. Buying it for sheer merit at an advantageous price, in one day I figured out that it was by the prominent African American artist Joseph Delaney, based on my earlier sale of a signed Delaney with unmistakable compositional, coloristic, and thematic similarities. Research revealed that the artist often included himself in his street scene paintings, and here he is, visible as a detached observer at left. Another great “score.”! Sold to a discerning private collector.