Chris Smith
On the Heavy Bag (Muhammad Ali Training at the 5th Street Gym, Before his First Fight with Joe Frazier)
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October 17, 05:48 PM GMT
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7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Chris Smith
b. 1937
On the Heavy Bag (Muhammad Ali Training at the 5th Street Gym, Before his First Fight with Joe Frazier)
mural-sized gelatin silver print, signed and editioned ‘49/50’ in ink in the margin, flush-mounted, framed
image: 40 by 60 in. (101.6 by 152.4 cm.)
frame: 51 by 71 in. (129.5 by 180.3 cm.)
Executed in 1971, printed 2024.
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Chris Smith, The Greatest (London, 2024), pp. 50-51