Muhammad Ali
Let My People Go, 1978
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 51
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 51
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
Let My People Go, 1978
Silkscreen print on paper, Artist's Proof
Pencil signed by Muhammad Ali
In common mount with a mimeographed typescript press release regarding the release of the prints, framed
This rare artist's proof depicts Ali's original painting done for the United Nations that was released as a first day cover and accompanying limited edition of serigraph prints, with the image of the white man holding a whip removed. It was one of 10 artist's proofs of this revised version. These 10 artist's proofs are unique in that they were not defaced by the application of a UN postage stamp and cancellation mark placed on the front of the prints as was the case with the regular limited edition of 250 prints.
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. 138 (illus.)
Frame: 23 1/2 x 31 in.
Silkscreen print on paper, Artist's Proof
Pencil signed by Muhammad Ali
In common mount with a mimeographed typescript press release regarding the release of the prints, framed
This rare artist's proof depicts Ali's original painting done for the United Nations that was released as a first day cover and accompanying limited edition of serigraph prints, with the image of the white man holding a whip removed. It was one of 10 artist's proofs of this revised version. These 10 artist's proofs are unique in that they were not defaced by the application of a UN postage stamp and cancellation mark placed on the front of the prints as was the case with the regular limited edition of 250 prints.
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. 138 (illus.)
Frame: 23 1/2 x 31 in.
Muhammad Ali - Auction history
