Contemporary Evening Auction

Contemporary Evening Auction

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Property from a Prominent Private American Collection

Ernie Barnes

The Tunesmith

Auction Closed

November 17, 01:40 AM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Prominent Private American Collection

Ernie Barnes

1938-2009


The Tunesmith

signed Ernie Barnes (lower right)

oil on canvas, in artist's frame

25 ⅞ by 29 ⅝ in.

65.7 by 75.2 cm.

Executed in 1978.


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重要美國私人收藏

厄尼・巴恩斯

1938 - 2009年

《作曲人》


款識:藝術家簽名Ernie Barnes(右下)

油彩畫布,配藝術家自選框

25 ⅞ x 29 ⅝ 英寸

65.7 x 75.2 公分

1978年作


Collection of Berry Gordy, Detroit and Los Angeles (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection (acquired as a gift from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Paul Von Blum, Resistance, Dignity, and Pride: African American Artists in Los Angeles, Los Angeles 2004, p. 45 (text), p. 63, illustrated