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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

Guiding Light, 1978
Felt pen and watercolor on paper
Unsigned
Framed

This painting was done by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. It was done in preparation for the later screenprint of the same name.

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: BROWN, Rodney Hilton, Muhammad Ali: The Untold Story: Painter, Poet & Prophet, Fairhaven, MA: The War Museum Press, 2021, p. 67 (illus.)

Frame: 17 x 20 1/2 in.

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