Lot Essay
'I am interested in the social, even the propagandistic angle of painting that will say what I have to say. Paint is the only weapon I have with which to fight what I resent.' - Ernie Barnes
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A Moral Imperative
Details
ERNIE BARNES (1938 - 2009)
A Moral Imperative
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
91.5 x 121.8 cm. (36 x 48 in.)
Painted in 2007
A Moral Imperative
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
91.5 x 121.8 cm. (36 x 48 in.)
Painted in 2007
Provenance
UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, UTA Artist Space, Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity From Within, 11 November-31 December 2020.
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