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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 14, 2013 | Swann Galleries | New York | African-American Fine Art | 92 | $****** - ****** | Setting the Game Rules |
paintings
101.6 x 76.2 cm (40 x 30 in)
Acrylic on cotton canvas
Signed in acrylic, lower right.
acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Los Angeles; thence by descent to a private collection.
ERNIE BARNES (1938 - 2009)
Setting the Game Rules .
Acrylic on cotton canvas, circa 1975. 1016x762 mm; 40x30 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, Los Angeles; thence by descent to a private collection.
Setting the Game Rules is a colorful, large canvas by Ernie Barnes of a street football scene, a subject also found in the artist's painting The Game Plan.
