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Lot 32

Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

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5 October 2021, 13:00 EDT
New York

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Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)

Sting Like A Bee, 1979
Preparatory Sketch I, felt pen and acrylic on paper
Signed in pencil lower right "Muhammad Ali", in common mount with a ticket Muhammad Ali Gets Roasted in Harlem / For the Benefit of Harlem Cycle Club, Apollo Theatre, New York, April 13, 1979, framed
This drawing was done by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. It was one of several concept sketches done 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. 60 (illus.)

Frame: 15 x 17 in.

Saleroom notices

Please note that this drawing is not an original drawing but is a reproduction. It is however pencil signed by Muhammad Ali and the ticket included is original.

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