Cassius Clay Sr
Winter Moon, 1970s
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 1.275 USD
Price realised: 1.275 USD
Description
Winter Moon, 1970s
Oil on board
Signed lower right
Framed
Muhammad Ali's Father, Cassius Clay Sr. was a talented artist. He made a living painting signs and billboards as well as ecclesiastical paintings in Baptist churches throughout Kentucky. The Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Green Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky both feature murals and altarpieces by Cassius Clay Sr. who would often enlist the help of his sons, Cassius Jr. [Muhammad Ali] and Randolph [now Rahaman Ali]. This painting was executed in Louisville, KY in the 1970s.
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. 23 (illus.)
Frame: 37 x 15 1/2 in.
Oil on board
Signed lower right
Framed
Muhammad Ali's Father, Cassius Clay Sr. was a talented artist. He made a living painting signs and billboards as well as ecclesiastical paintings in Baptist churches throughout Kentucky. The Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Green Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky both feature murals and altarpieces by Cassius Clay Sr. who would often enlist the help of his sons, Cassius Jr. [Muhammad Ali] and Randolph [now Rahaman Ali]. This painting was executed in Louisville, KY in the 1970s.
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. 23 (illus.)
Frame: 37 x 15 1/2 in.
Despite a disappointment, a good price for Cassius Clay Sr
When the work Winter Moon, 1970s by Cassius Clay Sr was auctioned at Bonhams in New York in October 2021, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 1,275.00 (€ 1,103.70). Despite this disappointing result, Winter Moon, 1970s is the most expensive artwork by Cassius Clay Sr that we have observed at auction so far.
Trotz Enttäuschung ein guter Preis für Cassius Clay Sr
Als die Arbeit Winter Moon, 1970s von Cassius Clay Sr im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams in New York versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 1.275,00 (€ 1.103,70) den Besitzer. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist Winter Moon, 1970s das teuerste Kunstwerk von Cassius Clay Sr, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Cassius Clay Sr - Auction history
