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Blues

Archibald Motley, 1929
Blues, Archibald Motley
Blues, zoomed in
91.4 cmBlues scale comparison106.7 cm

Blues is a Harlem Renaissance Oil on Canvas Painting created by Archibald Motley in 1929. It lives in a private collection. The image is used according to Educational Fair Use, and tagged Music and Dancers. SourceSee Blues in the Kaleidoscope

Self-Portrait (Myself at Work), Archibald Motley

Self-Portrait (Myself at Work)

1933
The First One Hundred Years, Archibald Motley

The First One Hundred Years

1963 – 1972
Cocktails, Archibald Motley

Cocktails

1926
Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.29: The labor agent recruited unsuspecting laborers as strike breakers for northern industries

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain, Jacob Lawrence

Migration Series No.53: African Americans, long-time residents of northern cities, met the migrants with aloofness and disdain

Jacob Lawrence, 1940 – 1941
La Baker, Loïs Mailou Jones

La Baker

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1977
The Parthenon, Frederic Edwin Church

The Parthenon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1871
The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí

The Persistence of Memory

Salvador Dalí, 1931
Beauty Contest: To the Memory of P.T. Barnum, Florine Stettheimer

Beauty Contest: To the Memory of P.T. Barnum

Florine Stettheimer, 1924
Still Life le Jour, Georges Braque

Still Life le Jour

Georges Braque, 1929
The Crystal Vase, Georges Braque

The Crystal Vase

Georges Braque, 1929
Houses of Campiaro in Grizzana, Giorgio Morandi

Houses of Campiaro in Grizzana

Giorgio Morandi, 1929

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