Portrait of My Grandmother

Provenance

The artist [1891-1981], Chicago; by inheritance to his son, Archibald John (Archie) Motley, III [1934-2002], Chicago; joint owner from 1986 with his wife, Valerie Gerrard Browne [b. 1940]; full ownership 2002 to Valerie Gerrard Browne; joint owner from 2017 with her daughter, Mara Hope Gerrard Motley, M.D. [b. 1985], Chicago; purchased February 2018 by NGA.

Portrait of My Grandmother

Motley, Archibald John Jr.

1922

Accession Number

2018.2.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 97.16 × 60.33 cm (38 1/4 × 23 3/4 in.) | framed: 110.81 × 74.93 × 5.08 cm (43 5/8 × 29 1/2 × 2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund, Avalon Fund, and Motley Fund