Muhammad Ali
Jet Plane Under The Sun, 1980s
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 73
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 73
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Jet Plane Under The Sun, 1980s
Acrylic and crayon on paper
Signed "Muhammad Ali" lower right
Framed
Rodney Hilton Brown notes that Ali particularly admired the work of Alexander Calder and that the colors in this painting were heavily influenced by Calder's work. This painting was produced at a time when Parkinson's Disease had begun to affect Ali's movement and he painted this piece as therapy.
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. 70 (illus.)
Frame: 20 x 24 in.
Acrylic and crayon on paper
Signed "Muhammad Ali" lower right
Framed
Rodney Hilton Brown notes that Ali particularly admired the work of Alexander Calder and that the colors in this painting were heavily influenced by Calder's work. This painting was produced at a time when Parkinson's Disease had begun to affect Ali's movement and he painted this piece as therapy.
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. 70 (illus.)
Frame: 20 x 24 in.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Jet Plane Under The Sun, 1980s 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 6,120.00 (€ 5,297.78) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as USD 5,000.00 – 8,000.00. 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 Jet Plane Under The Sun, 1980s 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 6.120,00 (€ 5.297,78) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit USD 5.000,00 – 8.000,00 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
