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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

Black Jet, 1977
Felt pen on paper
Signed lower right "By Muhammad Ali" and dated "'77", titled lower left
Framed; with an invitation to the Muhammad Ali: World Premier Art Exhibition, Roseland Grand Ballroom, New York, January, 1979; and related press clippings

This drawing was done for Rodney Hilton Brown in Boston following a charity boxing match for the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, January 30, 1977. Jet planes were one of Ali's favorite subjects and were a regular fixture in many tabletop doodlings, as well as his paintings.

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. 55 (illus.)
Frame: 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.

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