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Archibald Motley, Self-Portrait

Archibald Motley

American · 1891–1981 · Painter

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1auction results2025years recorded100%sold (1)$203kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Archibald Motley, Kikuyu God of Fire, 1927, oil on canvasKikuyu God of FireRago Auctions · $203,200≈ £152,153≈ €174,092Sign up to see

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auction record in database
Lots sold
1
of 1 offered · 2025–2025
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100k$316k$1M20262025-09-26 · $203,200
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings11100%$203kSign up$203kSign up$203kSign up
Oil11100%$203kSign up$203kSign up$203kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202511$203kSign up

Related artists — American, born 1866–1916