Neil Leifer
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
Estimate: 7.000 - 9.000 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Price realised: 17.500 USD
Description
1965
Chromogenic print, printed later.
19 x 19 in. (48.3 x 48.3 cm)
Signed and numbered 278/350 in ink in the margin.
Chromogenic print, printed later.
19 x 19 in. (48.3 x 48.3 cm)
Signed and numbered 278/350 in ink in the margin.
A top price for Neil Leifer
This artwork by Neil Leifer achieved an unexpectedly high price at Phillips in New York in October 2016. In the Photographs Evening & Day auction, 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 sold for USD 17,500.00 (€ 15,964.24) - well above the upper estimate of USD 9,000.00. This high result makes 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 the most expensive artwork by Neil Leifer that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Neil Leifer
Dieses Kunstwerk von Neil Leifer erzielte im Oktober 2016 bei Phillips in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion Photographs Evening & Day wurde 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 für USD 17.500,00 (€ 15.964,24) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 9.000,00. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht 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 zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Neil Leifer, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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