Painting made famous by 'Good Times' sells for $15.2M, more than the Monet up for bid

"The Sugar Shack," the iconic Ernie Barnes painting also on the cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You" LP, was sold to Bill Perkins at a Christie's auction.




The iconic dance-hall painting seen in the credits of the 1970s sitcom Good Times sold at a Christie's auction in New York City Thursday for a record-breaking $15.2 million.




As noted by The Los Angeles Times, Ernie Barnes' adored 1976 acrylic-on-canvas piece known as The Sugar Shack appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the classic 1970s sitcom.... Read more


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