Tongues (Holy Rollers)

Archibald John Motley Jr. · 1929

Here we have Tongues (Holy Rollers) — a painting by the American artist Archibald John Motley Jr., nineteen twenty-nine. It's oil on canvas, about 74 by 92 centimeters. You can pick out the dancing.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 29 1/4 × 36 1/8" (74.3 × 91.8 cm) · Credit Bequest of Janice H. Levin (by exchange)

Hanging beside it in Gallery 521: Parade, Gladiators

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Big Cry, Dance (I), Untitled, Moulin Rouge, Martha Graham, American Document ("Puritan Love Duet" with Eric Hawkins), 14 Juillet (Bastille Day) Paris, Ile Saint-Louis