Lot 1709* - A189 Photography - Thursday, 27. June 2019, 04.30 PM
THOMAS HOEPKER
(1936)
Muhammad Ali training in a London Gym, 1966.
Archival Pigment Print. Later print, c. 2009.
Sheet dimension 47.2 x 65.4 cm.
Verso signed, photographer's stamp and hand numbered 3/20. Behind museum glass and matted, framed.
Literature: Thomas Hoepker. Big Champ. Muhammad Ali photographed. New York, 2015 (ill. p. 10-11).
Provenance:
- Acquired from Galerie Camera Work, Berlin, 2017 (gallery label on the frame verso).
- German private collection.
"It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am"
(Muhammad Ali quoted in Hoepker, New York, 2015 p. 62)
CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)
Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.