Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
Study Sketch for Pool Hall
Lot Closed
October 3, 04:38 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ernie Barnes
1938 - 2009
Study Sketch for Pool Hall
signed Ernie Barnes and dated 6/15/78 (lower right); titled Study Sketch IV and inscribed for Pool Hall. / San Diego 7/14/69 / I was Reminded that / the Game of Pool is / a game of mathematics! / If so ... I know some dumb / game (center left)
mixed media on paper
30 by 47 in.
76.2 by 119.4 cm.
Executed on 15 June 1978.
We are grateful to the Ernie Barnes Family Trust for their assistance cataloguing this lot.
Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired in 1972)
Thence by descent to the present owner