Muhammad Ali
Let My People Go, 1978
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 3.188 USD
Price realised: 3.188 USD
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 to be released as a first day cover and accompanying limited edition of serigraph prints. This proof, banned by the United Nations, includes a white man holding a whip. It was one of only 16 artist's proofs of this version before the United Nations decided that the depiction of the white man was too inflammatory. The white man was removed for the official release of the print and first day cover.
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. 135 (illus.)
Frame: 23 x 30 1/2 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 to be released as a first day cover and accompanying limited edition of serigraph prints. This proof, banned by the United Nations, includes a white man holding a whip. It was one of only 16 artist's proofs of this version before the United Nations decided that the depiction of the white man was too inflammatory. The white man was removed for the official release of the print and first day cover.
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. 135 (illus.)
Frame: 23 x 30 1/2 in.
Auction result misses estimated price range
When the work Let My People Go, 1978 by Muhammad Ali 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 4,000.00 – 6,000.00, of which not even the lower limit was reached - in fact, the artwork changed hands for USD 3,187.50 (€ 2,759.26). 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 verfehlt die Schätzpreisspanne
Als die Arbeit Let My People Go, 1978 von Muhammad Ali 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 4.000,00 – 6.000,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für USD 3.187,50 (€ 2.759,26) den Besitzer. 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
