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Visual Art During the Harlem Renaissance

Excerpt from an oral history interview with painter Archibald Motley, 1978.

Excerpt from an oral history interview with painter Archibald Motley, 1978.

Citation Information: Excerpt from “Oral history interview with Archibald Motley,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/f6f36019bdb1129de40535f67ccbe925.

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Courtesy of the Archives of American Art via the Smithsonian Institution.

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Excerpt from an oral history interview with painter Archibald Motley, 1978.

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