ARCHIBALD J. MOTLEY, JR. (1891-1981)
After Fiesta, Remorse, Siesta
Details
ARCHIBALD J. MOTLEY, JR. (1891-1981)
After Fiesta, Remorse, Siesta
signed and dated 'Motley 60' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 x 34 ¹/₈ in. (73.7 x 86.7 cm.)
Painted in 1959-60.
After Fiesta, Remorse, Siesta
signed and dated 'Motley 60' (lower left)
oil on canvas
29 x 34 ¹/₈ in. (73.7 x 86.7 cm.)
Painted in 1959-60.
Provenance
Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr., Washington, D.C.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1996.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1996.
Literature
E.D. Woodall, “Archibald J. Motley, Jr.: American Artist of the Afro-American People 1891-1928,” Master’s thesis, Pennsylvania State University, 1977, no. 102.
J.T. Robinson, W. Greenhouse, The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1991, p. 148, no. 73 (as After Revelry, Meditation (After Fiesta, Remorse, Siesta) (After Revelry and Fiesta, Meditation and Siesta)).
J.T. Robinson, W. Greenhouse, The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., exhibition catalogue, Chicago, Illinois, 1991, p. 148, no. 73 (as After Revelry, Meditation (After Fiesta, Remorse, Siesta) (After Revelry and Fiesta, Meditation and Siesta)).
Exhibition
Washington, D.C., Evan-Tibbs Collection, Surrealism and the Afro-American Artist, 1983, n.p.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Center Gallery; Old Westbury, New York, State University of New York; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland; State College, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Museum of Art; Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum, Since the Harlem Renaissance: 50 Years of Afro-American Art, April 13, 1984-November 1, 1985, p. 58, no. 10.
New York, Kenkeleba Gallery, Three Masters: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., May 22-July 17, 1988, pp. 31, 43, 47, no. 87, fig. 21, illustrated.
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evan-Tibbs Collection, 1989-92, p. 74, fig. 42, illustrated.
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz, 1997, pp. 113, 139, illustrated.
Durham, North Carolina, Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Cultural Center; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, January 30, 2014-January 17, 2016, pp. 134-35, 161, no. 44, illustrated.
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Bucknell University, Center Gallery; Old Westbury, New York, State University of New York; Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland; State College, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Museum of Art; Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum, Since the Harlem Renaissance: 50 Years of Afro-American Art, April 13, 1984-November 1, 1985, p. 58, no. 10.
New York, Kenkeleba Gallery, Three Masters: Eldzier Cortor, Hughie Lee-Smith, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., May 22-July 17, 1988, pp. 31, 43, 47, no. 87, fig. 21, illustrated.
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, African-American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evan-Tibbs Collection, 1989-92, p. 74, fig. 42, illustrated.
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition, Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz, 1997, pp. 113, 139, illustrated.
Durham, North Carolina, Duke University, Nasher Museum of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Cultural Center; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, January 30, 2014-January 17, 2016, pp. 134-35, 161, no. 44, illustrated.
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