<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 photograph depicts Ali from the thighs up. He is facing the viewer with his head tilted slightly towards his proper right shoulder. His brow is furrowed and he has a serious expression on his face. His proper left fist is extended directly towards the viewer as if throwing a punch. The photograph was taken from near his fist which appears disproportionately large in the foreground. His proper right fist is held in a defensive position below his chin. He has a single metal ring with channel diamonds on the ring finger of his proper left hand and a ring with an inset solitaire diamond on the ring finger of his proper right hand. He is wearing a dark toned, paisley, button down shirt, black pants, and has an American flag draped over his shoulders and arms. The background of the photograph is bright white. 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: 2021.33.61
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): 20 15/16 × 20 in. (53.2 × 50.8 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)