Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist

Exhibition works

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Blues, 1929. Oil on canvas, 36 × 42 in. (91.4 × 106.7 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald John Motley, Jr., Gettin’ Religion, 1948. Oil on linen, 32 × 39 7/16 in. (81.3 × 100.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase Josephine N. Hopper Bequest, by exchange 2016.15. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Mulatress with Figurine and Dutch Seascape, c. 1920. Oil on canvas, 31.375 × 27.625 in. (79.7 × 75.6 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr., Tongues (Holy Rollers), 1929. Oil on canvas, 29 1/4 x 36 1/8 in. (74.3 x 91.8 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Café, Paris, 1929. Oil on canvas, 23.625 × 28.875 in. (60 × 73.3 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr., Self-Portrait (Myself at Work), 1933. Oil on canvas, 57.125 x 45.25 inches (145.1 x 114.9 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy of the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Portrait of a Woman on a Wicker Settee, 1931. Oil on canvas, 38.75 × 31.25 in. (98.4 × 79.4 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Hot Rhythm, 1961. Oil on canvas, 40 × 48.375 in. (101.6 × 122.9 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr. (1891–1981), Black Belt, 1934. Oil on canvas, 33 × 40 1/2 in. (83.8 × 102.9 cm). Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr., The Octoroon Girl, 1925. Oil on canvas, 38 × 30 1/4 in. (96.5 × 76.8 cm). Courtesy Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne

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  Archibald J. Motley Jr., Portrait of My Grandmother, 1922. Oil on canvas, 38 1/4 × 23 7/8 in. (97.2 × 60.6 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy the Chicago History Museum. © Valerie Gerrard Browne