Mabel Dwight

Harlem Rent Party
1929

A black and white illustration depicting a lively dance scene inside a room with several people. Couples are dancing energetically, with some figures in the foreground embracing and smiling. One man in the center looks up and sings or shouts joyfully. The room has a homely feel, with a framed portrait on the wall that reads "Home Sweet Home," and simple hanging light fixtures providing illumination. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and festivity, with expressive faces and dynamic poses. There is a signature in the bottom right corner that reads "Archibald Motley 1929," and a dedication on the bottom left to "Tom Jones."
A black and white illustration depicting a lively dance scene inside a room with several people. Couples are dancing energetically, with some figures in the foreground embracing and smiling. One man in the center looks up and sings or shouts joyfully. The room has a homely feel, with a framed portrait on the wall that reads "Home Sweet Home," and simple hanging light fixtures providing illumination. The artwork conveys a sense of movement and festivity, with expressive faces and dynamic poses. There is a signature in the bottom right corner that reads "Archibald Motley 1929," and a dedication on the bottom left to "Tom Jones."

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Date
1929

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 3/8in. (28.3 × 34 cm) Image: 10 1/4 × 11 15/16in. (26 × 30.3 cm)

Accession number
96.68.88

Edition
Ed. 44

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller; published by Weyhe Gallery

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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