Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist | Guides

Oct 2, 2015–Jan 17, 2016

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A painting by Archibald Motley. Men and woman dance in a tightly packed crowd.
A painting by Archibald Motley. Men and woman dance in a tightly packed crowd.

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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