Jimu News trainee reporter Hu Li
According to the BBC, on October 5, local time, Ali's artwork was auctioned in New York, USA, and Ali's rare paintings were sold for 946,000 US dollars (about 6.09 million yuan).
Muhammad Ali (Source: BBC)
Boxer Muhammad Ali is considered one of the greatest athletes in the world, and he is also known as a poet and activist, but Ali's artistic talent is little known.
The auction house staff said: "Ali has been painting all his life because he was encouraged by his artist father, and he also studied with the American artist Leroy Neiman. ”
Helen Hall, director of the auction house, said: "Muhammad Ali is an icon of a generation. His work depicts his innermost themes: boxing, civil rights, religion and world peace, and humanitarianism. ”
One of Ali's most anticipated works, "Sting Like a Bee," sold for $425,000, 10 times its estimate. The painting was painted by Ali in 1978 during a photograph of the Mississippi Freedom Trail. The name "sting like a bee" comes from ali's saying that "light like a butterfly, sting like a bee." And this sentence has also become the golden sentence of Ali's pre-match determination.
"Sting Like a Bee" (Source: Baolong Birdfour Auction House)
Ali died in June 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona, AT the age of 74. He won the world heavyweight boxing championship three times and dominated the boxing world for more than a decade before suffering from a long period of Parkinson's disease. It is reported that the auction sold a total of 26 ali's art works, with a total price of $946,000, which is three times the expected price.
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