Neil Leifer
'Aerial Of Muhammad Ali Victorious After His Round Two Knockdown Of Cleveland Williams During The 1966 World Heavyweight Title Fight At The Astrodome', Houston, Texas, November 14, 1966
Estimate: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Price realised: 8.125 GBP
Description
NEIL LEIFER
b.1942
'AERIAL OF MUHAMMAD ALI VICTORIOUS AFTER HIS ROUND TWO KNOCKDOWN OF CLEVELAND WILLIAMS DURING THE 1966 WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT AT THE ASTRODOME', HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 14, 1966
Chromogenic print, printed later and flush-mounted to aluminium. Signed and numbered 193/350 in black ink in the lower margin. Framed.
Image 49 x 49 cm (19 ¼ x 19 ¼in.)
b.1942
'AERIAL OF MUHAMMAD ALI VICTORIOUS AFTER HIS ROUND TWO KNOCKDOWN OF CLEVELAND WILLIAMS DURING THE 1966 WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT AT THE ASTRODOME', HOUSTON, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 14, 1966
Chromogenic print, printed later and flush-mounted to aluminium. Signed and numbered 193/350 in black ink in the lower margin. Framed.
Image 49 x 49 cm (19 ¼ x 19 ¼in.)
Upper estimated price slightly exceeded
The work 'Aerial Of Muhammad Ali Victorious After His Round Two Knockdown Of Cleveland Williams During The 1966 World Heavyweight Title Fight At The Astrodome', Houston, Texas, November 14, 1966 by Neil Leifer was sold in the Photographs auction at Sothebys in London in May 2019. It achieved a price of GBP 8,125.00 (€ 9,197.01), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 16%. Other works by Neil Leifer have achieved even higher prices, we observed the highest auction result so far of USD 17,500.00 (€ 15,964.24) in October 2016 for the work Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine.
Oberer Schätzpreis leicht übertroffen
Die Arbeit 'Aerial Of Muhammad Ali Victorious After His Round Two Knockdown Of Cleveland Williams During The 1966 World Heavyweight Title Fight At The Astrodome', Houston, Texas, November 14, 1966 von Neil Leifer wurde im Mai 2019 in der Auktion Photographs bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 8.125,00 (€ 9.197,01) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 16%. Andere Arbeiten von Neil Leifer haben noch höhere Preise erzielt - wir haben das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis von USD 17.500,00 (€ 15.964,24) im Oktober 2016 für die Arbeit Muhammad Ali reacts after his first round knockout of Sonny Liston during the 1965 World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic’s Arena, Lewiston, Maine beobachtet.
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