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ERNIE BARNES (1938 - 2009) Untitled (Youth with Basketball).
Oil on canvas, circa 1970. 610x458 mm; 24x18 inches, Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist, private collection, Los Angeles, CA; thence by descent to the current owner.
This painting is a scarce, early example of a basketball subject by the recently deceased artist. Barnes, who is widely known for his sports scenes, played in the NFL until his retirement in 1968, and was one of the official poster artist of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. He is best known for the famous 1971 Sugar Shack dance scene, which appeared on the Good Times television show and on the album cover for Marvin Gaye's I Want You.
