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[Archibald Motley, three-quarters length, seated, facing left] – Historic Reproduction

[Archibald Motley, three-quarters length, seated, facing left] — historic photograph
[Archibald Motley, three-quarters length, seated, facing left]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Archibald Motley, three-quarters length, seated, facing left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Archibald Motley, three-quarters length, seated, facing left]

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This seated, three-quarter-length portrait shows the painter Archibald Motley turned slightly to the left, a pose that gives the figure a settled, unhurried presence. Motley, born in New Orleans in 1891 and raised in Chicago, became known for vivid paintings of Black urban life, including jazz clubs, street scenes and family gatherings. He spent much of the 1920s in Paris, and his work was shown during the Harlem Renaissance. The record does not give a date for the photograph, so its exact year is unknown, but it likely reflects how he presented himself to the public as an artist of his era.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,196 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-125336

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