A retrospective of his work at the Studio Museum in Harlem a year before his death did little to revive interest in his work. It was not until the 1988 exhibition "Beauford Delaney: From Tennessee to Paris", curated by the French art dealer Philippe Briet at the Philippe Briet Gallery, that Delaney's work was again exhibited in New York, followed by two retrospectives in the gallery: "Beauford Delaney: A Retrospective Years of Light" in 1991, and "Beauford Delaney: The New York Years [1929–1953]" in 1994.