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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
The Starving Children of Mississippi, 1967
Felt pen on translucent paper
Signed "By Muhammad Ali"
Framed
This drawing was done for an article in Avant Garde magazine, 1967. Ali provided commentary to the works included in the article and about this work, he said This is just a picture of the starving children of Mississippi crying and saying they're hungry. I just wanted to fight a few more times so I could donate all the money to feed them, which I offered to do. But the boxing commissioners and judges completely turned me down. A big Ali is holding me down with chains with 'U.S.A.' written on it.
Exhibited: Muhammad Ali: World Premier Art Exhibition, Roseland Grand Ballroom, New York, January, 1979.
Provenance: From the Collection of Rodney Hilton Brown, formerly President of Hilton Fine Arts, Ltd., publisher of Muhammad Ali's limited edition silkscreen prints, 1978.
Literature: Avant Garde magazine, Issue One, January, 1968 (illus.)
BROWN, Rodney Hilton, Muhammad Ali: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet & Prophet, Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2021, p. 48 (illus.)
Frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
Felt pen on translucent paper
Signed "By Muhammad Ali"
Framed
This drawing was done for an article in Avant Garde magazine, 1967. Ali provided commentary to the works included in the article and about this work, he said This is just a picture of the starving children of Mississippi crying and saying they're hungry. I just wanted to fight a few more times so I could donate all the money to feed them, which I offered to do. But the boxing commissioners and judges completely turned me down. A big Ali is holding me down with chains with 'U.S.A.' written on it.
Exhibited: Muhammad Ali: World Premier Art Exhibition, Roseland Grand Ballroom, New York, January, 1979.
Provenance: From the Collection of Rodney Hilton Brown, formerly President of Hilton Fine Arts, Ltd., publisher of Muhammad Ali's limited edition silkscreen prints, 1978.
Literature: Avant Garde magazine, Issue One, January, 1968 (illus.)
BROWN, Rodney Hilton, Muhammad Ali: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet & Prophet, Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2021, p. 48 (illus.)
Frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.


















