Ninety-Nine A'Hundred
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Ninety-Nine A'Hundred by Ernie Barnes is a work of art depicting a pair of black women. One in a pink dress is jumping rope, while the other watches her.
Description
Ninety-Nine A'Hundred by Ernie Barnes is a work of art depicting a pair of black women. One in a pink dress is jumping rope, while the other watches her.
Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. was born July 15, 1938, in a poor section ("the bottom") of Durham, North Carolina. His father, Ernest Barnes Sr., worked as a shipping clerk at Liggett Myers Tobacco Company and his mother, Fannie Mae Geer, was employed as a domestic for Frank Fuller Jr., a wealthy Southern attorney who would guide Barnes into the world of art.