Muhammad Ali
Sting Like A Bee, 1979
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 USD
Price realised: 10.838 USD
Price realised: 10.838 USD
Description
Sting Like A Bee, 1979
Preparatory Sketch II, felt pen and acrylic on paper
Unsigned
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. 61 (illus.)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Preparatory Sketch II, felt pen and acrylic on paper
Unsigned
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. 61 (illus.)
Frame: 14 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Upper estimate price exceeded by 81 %.
This artwork by Muhammad Ali achieved an unexpectedly high price at Bonhams in New York in October 2021. In the TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! auction, the work Sting Like A Bee, 1979 sold for USD 10,837.50 (€ 9,381.49) - well above the upper estimate of USD 6,000.00. 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 81 % übertroffen
Dieses Kunstwerk von Muhammad Ali erzielte im Oktober 2021 bei Bonhams in New York einen unerwartet hohen Preis. In der Auktion TCM Presents ... It's a Knockout! wurde die Arbeit Sting Like A Bee, 1979 für USD 10.837,50 (€ 9.381,49) versteigert – und damit weit über dem oberen Schätzpreis von USD 6.000,00. 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
