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Auction result
High Aspirations
Ernie Barnes (American, 1938–2009) · 1971
$857,750 price realized incl. premium
≈ £697,188≈ €802,686
Hammer $675,000 · with buyer’s premium $857,750
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- Medium
- Acrylic · Paintings all acrylic results →As published: “acrylic on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Acrylic paintings
- Dimensions
- 36 x 18 in. (91.4 x 45.7 cm.)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- American Art (28081)
- Date
- November 7, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 49
- Estimate
- $500,000 – $700,000 (≈ £406,405 – £568,967) (≈ €467,902 – €655,063)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Two works: (i) Study Sketch; (ii) Study Sketch II, 1984
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Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Sketch for Boxing No. 2, circa 1984
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Bonhams · Sep 17, 2026$14,080 ≈ £10,526 ≈ €12,264Sign up free to see price
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Lithograph · ed. 47/750
Abell Auction Company · Jul 16, 2026$1,750 ≈ £1,295 ≈ €1,526Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Abell Auction Company — view this lot on Abell Auction Company ↗Untitled
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Abell Auction Company · Jul 16, 2026$1,500 ≈ £1,110 ≈ €1,308Sign up free to see pricePhoto © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Two works: (i) Study Sketch; (ii) Study Sketch II, 1984
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