<I>Muhammad Ali</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2009; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of Muhammad Ali, by Platon. The close-up of Ali depicts only his face in heavy shadow. His head is tilted downwards and he is resting his forehead in proper right hand. The hand covers his forehead, eye, and cheek of the proper right side of his face. His ring finger and pinkie are bent and are pressing on his forehead just above his proper left eyebrow. On his ring finger is he is wearing a metal ring with a square, light tone gemstone with four small point. His proper left eye is close in his chin is tilted downwards. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Boxing
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.3
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 19 3/4 × 14 1/4 in. (50.1 × 36.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)