Object Details
- Description
- A color photograph of Muhammad Ali, by Platon. The close-up of Ali depicts only his face in heavy shadow. He is looking directly at the viewer and is wearing a serious expression on his face. His proper right eyebrow is raised and his brow is furrowed. His neck, the sides of his face, and the top of his head are all in shadow. 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.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- Platon, British, born 1968
- Subject of
- Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
- Date
- 2009; printed 2019
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
- Medium
- pigment on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 19 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (50.2 × 37.7 cm)
- H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Type
- pigment prints
- portraits
