If you only had $15.1 million to spend on Ernie Barnes’ iconic “Sugar Shack” painting, you’re out ... opening and closing credits for Good Times (and as the album cover for Marvin Gaye ...

“The Sugar Shack,” the dance-hall painting made famous for appearing in the credits of the 1970s sitcom “Good Times,” sold at auction Thursday for a record-breaking $15.2 million.

"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 ...

Ernie Barnes' 1976 painting The Sugar Shack, familiar to millions of TV viewers for its use during the closing credits of the '70s sitcom Good Times as well as serving as the album cover of Marvin ...

Some recognize the painting from "Good Times," the 1970s sitcom about a Black Chicago family. Others who see it think of Marvin Gaye's 14th studio album, "I Want You." It's "The Sugar Shack," a ...

DURHAM, N.C. – The 1970s television show “Good ... Times,” he also will be forever connected to Duke basketball, if only to the lucky few who have obtained a print of another iconic painting.

They all wait for their moment with Barnes’ work, a piece that entered pop-culture consciousness after appearing on the 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and as the cover art to Marvin Gaye’s 1976 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A famous painting celebrating black culture featured during the closing credits of "Good Times" is making its North Carolina museum debut. Durham native Ernie Barnes ...