
Lot 14
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$12,750 inc. premium
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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Mosque I, 1967
Felt pen on translucent paper
Unsigned
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 just shows the scenery in a place such as Turkey or maybe Lebanon, just a little picture with the ocean coming in on the shore while the Muslims over there are worshipping and striving to be righteous and the men and women in the long robes, they are going to the Mosque to pray. This is just an Islamic picture of the Eastern scene.
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. 44 (illus.)
Frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.
Felt pen on translucent paper
Unsigned
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 just shows the scenery in a place such as Turkey or maybe Lebanon, just a little picture with the ocean coming in on the shore while the Muslims over there are worshipping and striving to be righteous and the men and women in the long robes, they are going to the Mosque to pray. This is just an Islamic picture of the Eastern scene.
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. 44 (illus.)
Frame: 25 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.