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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 1, 2021 | Christie's | New York | Post-War to Present | 40 | $****** - ****** | The Pulpiteer |
paintings
75.9 x 101.6 cm (29.88 x 40 in)
oil on canvas
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right); titled 'The Pulpiteer' (on the stretcher)
Acquired directly from the artist
Los Angeles, California Museum of Science & Industry; Durham, North Carolina Central University Art Museum; Atlanta, High Museum of Art; Washington, D.C., Museum of African Art and New York, Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Center, The Beauty of the Ghetto , 1972-1975.
ERNIE BARNES (1938-2009)
The Pulpiteer
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right); titled 'The Pulpiteer' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
29 7/8 x 40 in. (75.9 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1972.
