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The Sage Black (James Baldwin)
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The concept of Baldwin as an enlightened teacher with deep-seeing wisdom is the theme undoubtedly expressed in this arresting portrayal of Delaney's longtime friend.
Delaney superimposed a calligraphic outline on an abstract composition of reds, greens, yellows, and blues. Filled with all the colors of a flame, this incendiary, combustible background peers through Baldwin's form, conveying the passion and fire that was such an integral part of the author who penned, just a few years before, the foreboding essay titled The Fire Next Time.
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