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Distant Horizons
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By June 1953, it became evident that Delaney's plans for a trip to Paris were about to be fulfilled. He began to make preparations to sublet his new studio on 713 Broadway, and to make arrangements to store his paintings with various friends. At some point during this period, Delaney's friends held a fund-raiser to help finance
the artist's trip abroad. The event was staged at Roko Galleries-a gallery owned by Michael Frielich-where the artist had been exhibiting for several years. The box into which guests put their donations, appropriately, was built in the shape of a boat. Each contributor received a chance at a lottery/door prize. The door prize, like the donation box, was laden with symbolic significance, being Delaney's recent painting, Distant Horizons. The winner
of that lottery is the painting's present owner
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