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The Competitive Spirit
Details
ERNIE BARNES (1938-2009)
The Competitive Spirit
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
47 ¾ x 35 7⁄8 in. (121.3 x 91.1 cm.)
Painted in 2005.
The Competitive Spirit
signed 'ERNIE BARNES' (lower right)
acrylic on canvas
47 ¾ x 35 7⁄8 in. (121.3 x 91.1 cm.)
Painted in 2005.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Ortuzar, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Ortuzar, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
V. L. Valentine, “Ernie Barnes Retrospective Brings Renewed Attention to African American Artist Who Found Fame After Playing Pro Football," Culture Type, 6 September 2019, digital (illustrated).
Exhibited
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 2020, pp. 16 and 70 (illustrated).
Beverly Hills, UTA Artist Space, Ernie Barnes: Liberating Humanity from Within, November 2020, pp. 16 and 70 (illustrated).
Further details
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné prepared by the Ernie Barnes Estate. We would like to thank Luz Rodriguez at the Ernie Barnes Estate for her assistance in cataloguing this work.
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Kathryn Marber
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