Cassius Clay Sr
Winter Sunset, 1970s
Estimate: 2.000 - 3.000 USD
Price realised: 1.275 USD
Price realised: 1.275 USD
Description
Winter Sunset, 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. 22 (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. 22 (illus.)
Frame: 37 x 15 1/2 in.
Despite a disappointment, a good price for Cassius Clay Sr
This work of art by Cassius Clay Sr could be acquired at Bonhams in New York in October 2021 for an unexpectedly low price. In the TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! auction, the work Winter Sunset, 1970s changed hands for USD 1,275.00 (€ 1,103.70) - missing the lower end of the estimate range of USD 2,000.00 – 3,000.00. Despite this disappointing result, Winter Sunset, 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
Dieses Kunstwerk von Cassius Clay Sr konnte im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams in New York für einen unerwartet niedrigen Preis ersteigert werden. In der Auktion TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! wechselte die Arbeit Winter Sunset, 1970s für USD 1.275,00 (€ 1.103,70) den Besitzer – und verfehlte damit das untere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.000,00 – 3.000,00. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist Winter Sunset, 1970s das teuerste Kunstwerk von Cassius Clay Sr, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
Cassius Clay Sr - Auction history
