Muhammad Ali
Ali V Holmes, 1980
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 USD
Price realised: 12.113 USD
Price realised: 12.113 USD
Description
Ali V Holmes, 1980
Colored pencil and crayon on paper
Signed lower left "Muhammad Ali" and dated "Sept 80"
Framed, with reproduction of photograph of Ali holding this painting to verso of frame
This painting was done by Ali in New York on September 4, 1980, less than a month before his WBC Heavyweight Championship fight with Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, October 2, 1980. Billed as "The Last Hurrah". Holmes won by technical knockout when the fight was stopped in the Tenth Round. Ali had appeared against medical advice, with his former doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, warning him against ever fighting again. Although the fight was not the direct cause of Ali's Parkinsons Disease, it is thought that the amount of blows he sustained during the fight compounded the development of the disease.
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. 168 (illus.)
Frame: 16 x 19 1/2 in.
Colored pencil and crayon on paper
Signed lower left "Muhammad Ali" and dated "Sept 80"
Framed, with reproduction of photograph of Ali holding this painting to verso of frame
This painting was done by Ali in New York on September 4, 1980, less than a month before his WBC Heavyweight Championship fight with Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, October 2, 1980. Billed as "The Last Hurrah". Holmes won by technical knockout when the fight was stopped in the Tenth Round. Ali had appeared against medical advice, with his former doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, warning him against ever fighting again. Although the fight was not the direct cause of Ali's Parkinsons Disease, it is thought that the amount of blows he sustained during the fight compounded the development of the disease.
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. 168 (illus.)
Frame: 16 x 19 1/2 in.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Ali V Holmes, 1980 by Muhammad Ali was sold in the TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! auction at Bonhams in New York in October 2021. The price achieved of USD 12,112.50 (€ 10,485.20) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Muhammad Ali achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Sting Like A Bee, 1978 in October 2021 with an auction result of USD 425,312.50 (€ 368,172.18).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Ali V Holmes, 1980 von Muhammad Ali wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! bei Bonhams in New York versteigert. Der dabei erzielte Preis von USD 12.112,50 (€ 10.485,20) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 10.000,00 – 15.000,00 angegeben worden. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Muhammad Ali erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Sting Like A Bee, 1978 im Oktober 2021 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von USD 425.312,50 (€ 368.172,18).
Muhammad Ali - Auction history
