
Lot 30
Muhammad Ali
5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$1,275 inc. premium
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Muhammad Ali
A plastic paint palette stained with paint residue, with four paint brushes of various sizes and a folio of blank drawing paper
This palette, brushes and drawing pad were used by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. All the pieces have residue of blue paint from the painting of Black Jet, Moon Over Mountains, Guiding Light and Mosque II.
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. 85 (illus.)
Pallet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; Drawing paper: 9 1/2 x 13 in.
This palette, brushes and drawing pad were used by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. All the pieces have residue of blue paint from the painting of Black Jet, Moon Over Mountains, Guiding Light and Mosque II.
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. 85 (illus.)
Pallet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; Drawing paper: 9 1/2 x 13 in.