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Africa by Archibald John Motley Jr.
Photo CreditWhitney Museum of American Art, New York
Africa
Photo CreditWhitney Museum of American Art, New York

Africa

Year1937
Classification painting
Medium oil
Dimensions29 × 39 1/2 in. (73.7 × 100.3 cm)
Credits WPA, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943
With Gratitude to William Watson Hines, III
On long term loan to Whitney Museum of American Art