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The Sugar Shack by Ernie Barnes

Ernie Barnes

The Sugar Shack, 1976

Acrylic on canvas
91.4 x 121.9 cm (36 x 48 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (13 May 2022)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 13, 2022
Christie'sNew York20th Century Evening Sale29C
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The Sugar Shack
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

91.4 x 121.9 cm (36 x 48 in)

Materials

acrylic on canvas

Signature

signed ‘ERNIE BARNES' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated 9⁄27/76 Ernie Barnes' (on the reverse)

Provenance

Private collection, Los Angeles, acquired directly from the artist

Private collection, Los Angeles, 1986

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Whitechapel Gallery, Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary , June 2004-September 2005.

North Carolina Museum of History, The North Carolina Roots of Artist Ernie Barnes, June 2018-May 2019.

Los Angeles, California African American Museum, Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective, May-September 2019.

Beverly Hills, UTA Artist Space, Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity From Within, November-December 2020.

New York, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Ernie Barnes , September-October 2021.

Literature

London, Whitechapel Gallery, Back to Black: Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary , June 2004-September 2005.

North Carolina Museum of History, The North Carolina Roots of Artist Ernie Barnes, June 2018-May 2019.

Los Angeles, California African American Museum, Ernie Barnes: A Retrospective, May-September 2019.

Beverly Hills, UTA Artist Space, Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity From Within, November-December 2020.

New York, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Ernie Barnes , September-October 2021.

Description

ERNIE BARNES (1938 - 2009)

The Sugar Shack

signed ‘ERNIE BARNES' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dated 9⁄27/76 Ernie Barnes' (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)

Painted in 1976.