Lot 86
  • 86

Flip Schulke (1930-2008)

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Flip Schulke
  • Muhammad Ali training underwater, Miami, 1961
Oversize silver print, mounted on aluminium. A photocopied signature and date are affixed to the reverse of the aluminium mount, these presumably repeating original lettering on the reverse of the print itself, now inaccessible. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Printed later. Framed.

Condition

Excellent condition
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Catalogue Note

Although the edition was never formally limited while Mr. Schulke was alive, it is known that fewer than twenty-five prints of this famous image were ever made at this size .