Lot 1718* - Z41 Photographie - Samstag, 03. Dezember 2016, 10.00 Uhr
HOEPKER, THOMAS
(1936).
Muhammad Ali springt von einer Brücke über den Chicago River, 1966. Original-Photographie.
Archival Pigment Print. Späterer Abzug. Um 2009.
Bildmass 41 x 59 cm; Blattgrösse 47,2 x 65,4 cm.
Verso signiert und vom Photographen gestempelt. Aus einer Edition von 25 Abzügen.
Literatur
Hoepker, Thomas. Big Champ. Muhammad Ali photographed. New York, 2015 (Abb. S. 46-47).
Pohlmann, Ulrich (Hrsg.). Thomas Hoepker Photographien 1955-2005. München, 2005 (Abb. S. 58-59).
"One morning we drove over a bridge across the Chicago River, when I remarked that this was a great view of the skyline. Muhammad stopped the card and got out. 'Could you please climb on that railing?' I asked. Ali jumped onto the banister, took his shirt off and shouted: 'I'm the greatest! Want me to jump?' A split second later I had my picture of Ali flying - just this one click, one chance - and we drove on..." (Hoepker, 2015, S. 7).
- "The man with no imagination has no wings." -
Hoepker, Thomas. Big Champ. Muhammad Ali photographed. New York, 2015 (Abb. S. 46-47).
Pohlmann, Ulrich (Hrsg.). Thomas Hoepker Photographien 1955-2005. München, 2005 (Abb. S. 58-59).
"One morning we drove over a bridge across the Chicago River, when I remarked that this was a great view of the skyline. Muhammad stopped the card and got out. 'Could you please climb on that railing?' I asked. Ali jumped onto the banister, took his shirt off and shouted: 'I'm the greatest! Want me to jump?' A split second later I had my picture of Ali flying - just this one click, one chance - and we drove on..." (Hoepker, 2015, S. 7).
- "The man with no imagination has no wings." -
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