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Carl Barks An Embarrassment of Riches Oil Painting Original Art (1983)....
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Carl Barks An Embarrassment of Riches Oil Painting Original Art (1983). The "money bin" paintings are the most desirable Carl Barks originals, and this sensational showpiece is the second largest one Barks ever produced, at 25" x 20". As such, it's one of the unquestioned highlights of the Kerby Confer collection."Of all of my paintings, I got the most satisfaction out of 'An Embarrassment of Riches," Carl Barks said. "The pleasure came mostly in the refinement of the color."
Bruce Hamilton wrote, "When asked to assess his work on the first four oil paintings he did for his [early-1980s] series of Disney lithographs, Carl Barks noted without hesitation, 'I like 'An Embarrassment of Riches' best... It gave me a chance to work in a lot of beautiful colors -- really my stock-in-trade. And I'd always wanted to paint one of those old wrought-iron windows with the light coming in.'"
"If you had five billion quintiplitilion unptuplatillion multuplatillion impossibidillion fantasticatrillion dollars, what would you do with it? This is what Scrooge McDuck does with it, and he is the richest duck in the world." According to lore, Scrooge's money bin was built in 1902, shortly after he had entered the diamond market and could no longer sleep at night. It seems the money he stashed under his mattress had raised his bed too close to the ceiling, and so the money bin was built.
Barks' money bin paintings were not re-creations of comic book covers or panels from stories, but were completely original. This one was created to be made into a lithograph by Another Rainbow Publishing.
In this scene it looks like a bull market is rampaging -- Scrooge has extended his depth gauge to a new height of 95 feet. The image area of this glittering laugh-riot, indexed by Barks scholars as painting #125L (Barks identification number 1-83), is 25" x 20", and it has been framed to an overall size of 34" x 29". The art is in Excellent condition and signed by Carl Barks at the lower left. From the Kerby Confer Collection.
More information about Carl Barks. See also: Barks, Carl Artist.
Auction Info
2010 August Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7023 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2010
5th-6th
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