Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 322

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(FILM.) Set of 8 lobby cards for the film Black Rodeo starring Muhammad Ali. Classic lobby card size, 11 x 14 inches, printed in color on stiff card-stock. California: Cinerama, 1972

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This unusual film documented a 1970s rodeo that took place in at Randall's Island, New York, just across the East River from New York's Harlem. Featured were a performance by Muhammad Ali, a discussion of the history of the African American cowboy, and some commentary on the event and its meaning by spectators.