Round One — The Greatest V

A mostly ghosted figure stands between two bands of soft gray, touched with streaks of crimson and violet at the raised arms. Airy and minimal, with just a flash of color.

The story

Muhammad Ali (1942–2016), born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, called himself "The Greatest" and then proved it. He won Olympic gold in 1960, took the heavyweight title in 1964 and became a three-time world heavyweight champion. In 1967 he refused induction into the Army on religious grounds and was stripped of his title. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 1971. This series captures him in his most famous pose: arms raised in victory.

Details

• Hand-pulled acrylic print on deckle-edge paper
• 8 × 10 in
• Signed by the artist
• One of a kind: each print in the series is pulled by hand, so no two are alike
• Ships unframed