Lot 233
MUHAMMAD ALI SIGNED ARTWORK BANNED BY THE U.N.
Especially rare silk screen print, 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" on heavy beige stock, boldly signed "Muhammad Ali" in pencil at bottom, a pre-production artist''s proof and one of only 16 ever printed! The original painting was presented by Ali at a speech at the U.N. and was donated by him with the intention that it be used for fundraising purposes. The image shows an African man in chains being restrained by a white South African man who is whipping him and exclaiming: "I am the white man". The two stand above a pile of gold representing the riches of South Africa. Ali''s facsimile signature appears at left, above the title of the work: "LET MY PEOPLE GO". At bottom, Ali has boldly signed his name: "Muhammad Ali" in dark pencil. Mint condition. The United Nations refused to print their full edition of the silk screen prints for the matching U.N. postal cachet showing the white man as he appears here, and instead removed the character during the printing process. Thus, this print, one of the only 16 original proofs, bears the image as it was created by Ali. From the Collection of Rodney Hilton Brown, formerly President of Hilton Fine Arts, Ltd., the Publisher of Muhammad Ali''s limited edition silkscreen prints in 1978. With a copy of the WFUNA press release picturing the altered work, and a copy of a photo of Mr. Brown, Ali, Kurt Waldheim, LeRoy Neiman and another U.N. official at a ceremony presenting Ali''s artworks.
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