Muhammad Ali
Sting Like A Bee, 1979
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 USD
Price realised: 638 USD
Price realised: 638 USD
Description
Sting Like A Bee, 1979
Preparatory Sketch I, felt pen and acrylic on paper
Signed in pencil lower right "Muhammad Ali", in common mount with a ticket Muhammad Ali Gets Roasted in Harlem / For the Benefit of Harlem Cycle Club, Apollo Theatre, New York, April 13, 1979, framed
This drawing was done by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. It was one of several concept sketches done for the later screenprint of the same name.
Exhibited: Muhammad Ali: World Premier Art Exhibition, Roseland Grand Ballroom, New York, January, 1979.
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. 60 (illus.)
Frame: 15 x 17 in.
Preparatory Sketch I, felt pen and acrylic on paper
Signed in pencil lower right "Muhammad Ali", in common mount with a ticket Muhammad Ali Gets Roasted in Harlem / For the Benefit of Harlem Cycle Club, Apollo Theatre, New York, April 13, 1979, framed
This drawing was done by Muhammad Ali during the filming of Freedom Road in Natchez, Mississippi, 1978. It was one of several concept sketches done for the later screenprint of the same name.
Exhibited: Muhammad Ali: World Premier Art Exhibition, Roseland Grand Ballroom, New York, January, 1979.
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. 60 (illus.)
Frame: 15 x 17 in.
Auction result misses estimated price range
In October 2021 a collector was able to acquire the work Sting Like A Bee, 1979 by Muhammad Ali for USD 637.50 (€ 551.85). This price was achieved in the auction TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! at Bonhams in New York and was even below the estimate range of USD 1,000.00 – 1,500.00 set by the auction house. 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
Im Oktober 2021 konnte ein Sammler die Arbeit Sting Like A Bee, 1979 von Muhammad Ali für USD 637,50 (€ 551,85) erwerben. Dieser Preis wurde in der Auktion TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! bei Bonhams in New York erzielt und lag noch unterhalb der von dem Auktionshaus angesetzten Schätzpreisspanne von USD 1.000,00 – 1.500,00. 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
