Andy Warhol
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‘Muhammad Ali’
Arguably the most famous name in pop art meets arguably the most famous sportsman of the 20th century in this set of four screen prints from 1978, created at the behest of US investment banker Richard Weisman. “I felt putting the series together was natural, in that two of the most popular leisure activities at the time were sports and art, yet to my knowledge they had no direct connection,” Weisman said in 2007. “Therefore I thought that having Andy do the series would inspire people who loved sport to come into galleries, maybe for the first time, and people who liked art would take their first look at a sports superstar.” Warhol travelled to Ali’s training camp to take Polaroids for his research, and was “arrested by the serene focus underlying Ali’s power — his contemplative stillness, his inward discipline,” the auction catalogue states.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
