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ERNIE BARNES (1938 - 2009)
Untitled (Football Game)
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Oil on cotton canvas, circa 1966-70. 1220x1270 mm; 48x50 inches. Signed in oil, lower right.
Provenance: the estate of Jack Palance, purchased at auction on October 14, 2007, with the estate
sale label on the painting back.This large canvas is one of several purchased by Jack Palance early
in the artist’s career.
Barnes played professional football in the NFL in the late 1960s before beginning a celebrated career
as a figurative painter and graphic artist.The artist was able to launch his career with the patronage
of Sonny Werblin, owner of the NewYork Jets, and an acclaimed one person exhibition at Grand
Central Art Galleries in 1968.
[5,000/7,000]
