
Lot 6
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)
Moon Over Mountains, 1977
Felt pen on paper
Signed and dedicated upper right "To Rod, By Muhammad Ali" and dated "Jan 30 '77"
Framed
This drawing was done for Rodney Hilton Brown in Boston following a charity boxing match to raise funds for the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, January 30, 1977. Suns and moons were some of Ali's favorite ingredients to use in 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. 56 (illus.)
Frame: 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
Felt pen on paper
Signed and dedicated upper right "To Rod, By Muhammad Ali" and dated "Jan 30 '77"
Framed
This drawing was done for Rodney Hilton Brown in Boston following a charity boxing match to raise funds for the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, January 30, 1977. Suns and moons were some of Ali's favorite ingredients to use in 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. 56 (illus.)
Frame: 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.