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Cassius Clay Sr/Muhammad Ali

5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Cassius Clay Sr/Muhammad Ali

Winter Sunset, 1970s
Oil on board
Signed lower right
Framed

Muhammad Ali's Father, Cassius Clay Sr. was a talented artist. He made a living painting signs and billboards as well as ecclesiastical paintings in Baptist churches throughout Kentucky. The Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Green Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky both feature murals and altarpieces by Cassius Clay Sr. who would often enlist the help of his sons, Cassius Jr. [Muhammad Ali] and Randolph [now Rahaman Ali]. This painting was executed in Louisville, KY in the 1970s.

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: BROWN, Rodney Hilton, Muhammad Ali: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet & Prophet, Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2021, p. 22 (illus.)
Frame: 37 x 15 1/2 in.

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