ID 400200
Lot 262 | GOAT: A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 5 000
Extremely large, 201/8 in. x 201/4 in. (51 x 51.4 cm). 792 pp., illustrated throughout with over 3,000 images, limitation leaf SIGNED BY MUHAMMAD ALI AND JEFF KOONS and numbered 06482 of 10,000 copies. Original silk-covered boards, cover with large pink PVC-appliqué letters, subtitle and publisher's name printed in black, spine lettered in blind, gilt edges, white silk marker with red boxing glove adornment, photographic image to endpapers and upper cover to box, contained in a white silk covered box, spine printed in black and gold, inner sides covered with gold foil, the front printed in pink 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee', with a pair of white gloves;
[With:] one silver gelatin print (490 x 400 mm) depicting the book in Koons' original display on a boxing stool with inflatable tire and dolphin, signed on the lower right border by Koons and numbered 103, in a plastic sleeve;
[Also with:] a mahogany and parcel-ebonized display table with slanted reading surface, not fixed, designed by John Hall, 20th century
381/2 in. (97.8 cm.) high, 453/4 in. (116.2 cm.) wide, 277/8 in. (70.8 cm.) deep, the table, with reading surface
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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