Archibald John Motley Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1891 - d. 1981

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    • MOTLEY JR., Archibald (American, 1891-1981. Two Panel Banne...
      Jun. 26, 2024

      MOTLEY JR., Archibald (American, 1891-1981. Two Panel Banne...

      Est: $400 - $600

      MOTLEY JR., Archibald (American, 1891-1981. Two Panel Banner for the Chicago Historical Society Exhibition, “Archibald Motley Jr.”. [1991-2]. A two-panel double-sided banner on canvas. Approximately 99 x 31” each. When put together they create a total visual work 99 x 62”. Fading and marks from exposure to the elements. Good condition.

      Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
    • Archibald John Motley, Jr. American, 1891-1981 Be My Sweetheart
      May. 11, 2022

      Archibald John Motley, Jr. American, 1891-1981 Be My Sweetheart

      Est: $6,000 - $9,000

      Archibald John Motley, Jr. American, 1891-1981 Be My Sweetheart Signed A.J. Motley, Jr (lr) Oil on canvas 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm) Provenance: The Estate of Kathleen Nagel Thence by descent C 

      DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
    • Motley, Archibald J. (American, 1891–1981). The Art of Archibald Motley Jr. Street Light Pole Banners.
      Jan. 25, 2020

      Motley, Archibald J. (American, 1891–1981). The Art of Archibald Motley Jr. Street Light Pole Banners.

      Est: $200 - $300

      Motley, Archibald J. (American, 1891–1981). The Art of Archibald Motley Jr. Street Light Pole Banners. Chicago, 1991/1992. Pair of canvas banners advertising the art exhibition of Motley Jr. at the Chicago Historical Society. 98 ½ x 33”. Scattered creasing to image with occasional weathering.

      Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
    • ARCHIBALD JOHN MOTLEY JR - "NIGHT LIFE"
      Oct. 21, 2018

      ARCHIBALD JOHN MOTLEY JR - "NIGHT LIFE"

      Est: $25 - $50

      ARCHIBALD JOHN MOTLEY JR - "NIGHT LIFE", 1943

      Bruce Teleky Inc.
    • Archibald Motley Jr., (American; 1891 - 1981), still life, oil on canvasboard (manufactured in Chicago), 24" x 18".
      Oct. 15, 2016

      Archibald Motley Jr., (American; 1891 - 1981), still life, oil on canvasboard (manufactured in Chicago), 24" x 18".

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      Archibald Motley Jr. (American; 1891 - 1981) still life oil on canvasboard (manufactured in Chicago) c. 1915-1920 signed verso (see detail image for handwriting example) housed in original frame made by fellow Art Institute of Chicago student, Joseph Tomanek. This is most likely a student work executed while Motley was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1915 and 1920. The photograph may have been taken in Tomanek's studio in 1921. Motley is holding the umbrella in back, and Tomanek is most likely holding the violin at the far left (he was a prize-winning fiddler who had carved his own instrument). ' While at the Art Institute, Motley became very close friends with two other students: Russian born William Schwartz and Czechoslovakian born Joseph Tomanek. Known as 'The Big Three', the young art students were very supportive of each other, and they often worked together on weekends and holidays at Tomanek's studio. Tomanek made frames for Motley's paintings and encouraged him to submit his Portrait of My Mother to the annual exhibition of Chicago area artists when Motley's own confidence in his work flagged. (The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Jontyle Theresa Robinson and Wendy Greenhouse, p. 5). 24" x 18".

      Ripley Auctions
    • Archibald Motley Jr., (American, 1891-1981), Guanajuato, Mexico, 1957, oil on canvas, 9" x 12"
      Jun. 06, 2015

      Archibald Motley Jr., (American, 1891-1981), Guanajuato, Mexico, 1957, oil on canvas, 9" x 12"

      Est: $30,000 - $50,000

      Archibald Motley Jr. (American, 1891-1981) Guanajuato, Mexico, 1957 oil on canvas signed and dated 9" x 12" Exhibitions: The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr. Originating from The Chicago Historical Society (Oct 23, 1991-Mar 17, 1992) and traveling to the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC), High Museum (Atlanta), and the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC). Illustrated in accompanying catalog, p. 136. Other Notes: Archibald Motley, Jr. was born in New Orleans and raised in Chicago. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and exhibited there in the early 1920s. He became the second African American artist to have a solo exhibition of his work in New York City in 1928, at the New Galleries. He won the Harmon Foundation Gold Medal the same year for his portrait, Octaroon Girl. He traveled to Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1929. He worked for the WPA Easel Division in Chicago and was active at the Southside Community Art Center in the 1940s. Following his wife's death in 1945, Motley was forced to give up painting and take a job at Styletone, Inc., a company that made hand-painted shower curtains, in order to support his mother and son. He worked there for eight years, from 1949-1957. Motley visited his nephew, Willard, an acclaimed novelist, in Mexico twice in the 1950s, the first time from 1953-1954, and again in 1957, after being laid off from his job at Styletone, Inc. Most of his time in Mexico was spent in Cuernavaca, which is just south of Mexico City, and Guanajuato state, which is northwest of the city. In the catalog entry for the painting in The Art of Archibald J. Motley, Jr., it states: 'Motley's small views of places he visited in Mexico were his first work in the genre of landscape painting since his images of Arkansas scenery painted in 1928. Closely based on tinted postcards of the sites, Motley's Mexican landscapes are themselves like postcards recording the artist's nostalgic memory of his Mexican sojourn…Motley worked in bright pastel colors and daytime effects inspired by Mexico's bright natural light and the sunny hues of its architecture.' Motley's work is featured in an exhibition currently at the Chicago Cultural Center: Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist (this exhibition originated at the Nasher Museum at Duke University, then traveled to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and will go on to the Whitney Museum of American Art when it leaves Chicago on August 31st)

      Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
    • Archibald Motley Jr., Creole woman, O/C
      Apr. 24, 2010

      Archibald Motley Jr., Creole woman, O/C

      Est: $10,000 - $20,000

      Archibald Motley Jr. (1891-1981), Creole woman, o/c, 1933, 22" x 25", 26" x 29" framed, signed and dated.

      Kaminski Auctions
    • Archibald John Motley 1891-1980 , Portrait of a woman with red scarf oil on canvas
      Mar. 06, 2008

      Archibald John Motley 1891-1980 , Portrait of a woman with red scarf oil on canvas

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      signed A.J. Motley Jr. and dated 1933, l.l. oil on canvas

      Sotheby's
    • Archibald J. Motley, Jr., (American, 1891-1981), Guanajuato, Mexico
      Sep. 19, 2005

      Archibald J. Motley, Jr., (American, 1891-1981), Guanajuato, Mexico

      Est: $6,000 - $8,000

      Archibald J. Motley, Jr. (American, 1891-1981) Guanajuato, Mexico oil on canvas signed "Motley, 57" (lower left) 9 x 12 inches.

      Hindman
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