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Lot 19

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

The Crowd, 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 how it looks when I look out of a boxing ring after a victory. I see a few smiles but most of the people are angry that it ended so quick.

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. 46 (illus.)
Frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.

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