Artist: Neil Leifer
Title: Muhammad Ali Portrait
Year created: 1998
Medium: Black and White Photograph on Archival Paper
Edition: 37/100 from the Signed & Numbered Limited Edition, Co-Signed by Leifer and Ali
Height (inches): 27
Width (inches): 21
Signed by the artist
Signed Area: front
This piece is framed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece:
An exceptional Muhammad Ali portrait by one of the most renowned sports and Ali photographers in the world!
Neil Leifer's close up portrait of Muhammad Ali is numbered 37 from the small signed and numbered limited edition of only 100 archival prints, each hand-signed by both Neil Leifer and Ali.
Leifer's portrait of Muhammad Ali comes custom framed in a black frame measuring 27" in height x 21" width, with a custom 3-layer mat in black, bronze and white.
Accompanied by the original Certificate of Authenticity, which is also signed by Muhammad Ali, the photograph also comes with a 4" x 6" photograph of Muhammad Ali during the signing. Each is affixed with a holographic authentication label matching that on the photo. Ali and Leifer's signatures have been additionally authenticated by PSA/DNA Authentication Services, and the photograph comes with a full Letter of Grading and Authenticity from PSA/DNA. The signatures of both Neil Leifer and Muhammad Ali have been graded a perfect 10.
Artist bio:
Neil Leifer's illustrious photojournalism and fine art photography career has spanned over 50 years. Beginning in 1960, his pictures regularly appeared in every major national magazine, including the Saturday Evening Post, Look, LIFE, Newsweek, Time and, most often, Sports Illustrated— and has included over 200 Sports Illustrated, Time, and People Magazine covers.
Leifer has published 16 books, 9 of which have been collections of his sports photographs. Sports, his 1978 Abrams book, is considered by many to be the quintessential sports photography book. He is the 2006 recipient of the prestigious Lucie Award for Achievement in Sports Photography, and in 2008 he was honored for his outstanding contribution to Time Inc. journalism with The Britton Hadden Lifetime Achievement Award.
Traveling the world on sports assignments, Leifer has photographed 16 Olympic Games, 4 FIFA World Cups, 15 Kentucky Derbies, countless World Series games, the first 12 Super Bowls and every important heavyweight title fight since Ingemar Johansson beat Floyd Patterson in 1959. He photographed his favorite subject, Muhammad Ali, on almost 60 different occasions—covering his biggest fights and over 30 one-on-one studio sessions. “Boxing” says Leifer “is the one sport I still love shooting.”