Muhammad Ali
UN International Year of the Child, 1979
Found at
Bonhams,
New York
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 55
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout!, Lot 55
5. Oct - 5. Oct 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
UN International Year of the Child, 1979
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right "Muhammad Ali" and dated "Jan 29 - 79"
Framed
Muhammad Ali was named Secretary General for the International Year of the Child at the United Nations in 1979. This is one of two identical paintings done to commemorate the International Year of the Child and shows the traditional United Nations flag with a crying child's face substituted for the globe inside the U.N. wreath. The other painting was gifted to the U.N. in 1979.
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. 141 (illus.)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Signed lower right "Muhammad Ali" and dated "Jan 29 - 79"
Framed
Muhammad Ali was named Secretary General for the International Year of the Child at the United Nations in 1979. This is one of two identical paintings done to commemorate the International Year of the Child and shows the traditional United Nations flag with a crying child's face substituted for the globe inside the U.N. wreath. The other painting was gifted to the U.N. in 1979.
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. 141 (illus.)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 35 %.
The work UN International Year of the Child, 1979 by Muhammad Ali was sold in the TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! auction at Bonhams in New York in October 2021. It achieved a price of USD 10,837.50 (€ 9,381.49), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 35%. 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).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 35 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit UN International Year of the Child, 1979 von Muhammad Ali wurde im Oktober 2021 in der Auktion TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! bei Bonhams in New York versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von USD 10.837,50 (€ 9.381,49) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 35%. 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
