Muhammad Ali

Two Paper Planes

Found at Bonhams, New York
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 47
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: not available
Two Paper Planes
Black ink on folded paper
Both signed "Muhammad Ali", one dated "FEB 10-79", one dated "April 12-79"
These planes were made by Ali and signed and inscribed by him during a visit to New York, 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. 71 (illus.)
Both 12 in. long