Title

The Sugar Shack

Rights

Ernie Barnes Family Trust

Type

Painting

Creator

Ernie Barnes

Date

1976

Description

The Sugar Shack (originally painted in 1971 and updated in 1976) shows a scene of Black men and women dancing at a nightclub. It was featured on Good Times and as the cover art to Marvin Gaye's 1976 album I Want You.

Format

acrylic on canvas

Extent

36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 cm.)

Rights Holder

Ernie Barnes Family Trust

Subject

1900-1999

Art

Recreation

Nightlife

Jazz