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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 7, 2023 | Bonhams | New York | American Art | 49 | $****** - ****** | High Aspirations |
paintings
91.4 x 45.7 cm (36 x 18 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed "ERNIE BARNES" (lower right)
Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, from the artist, 1972.
Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), New York, acquired from the above, 1972.
David Belafonte (b. 1957), gift from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2015.
Los Angeles, Heritage Gallery, The Beauty of the Ghetto , May 11-June 2, 1972.
Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Natural History, The North Carolina Roots of Artist Ernie Barnes , June 29, 2018-May 27, 2019.
M. Hunter-Pillon, prod., North Carolina Museum of History, "Ernie Barnes: An American Story," A Storied Past: North Carolina"s African American History , video series, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2018, min. 2:48-55, illustrated.
D. Terry, F. Stasio, The Bottom To The Top: The Story Of Ernie Barnes , transcribed audio recording, North Carolina Public Radio, WUNC 91.5, North Carolina, June 22, 2018, n.p., illustrated.
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW JERSEY Ernie Barnes (1938-2009)
High Aspirations
signed "ERNIE BARNES" (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
36 x 18 in. (91.4 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
