Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 481

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(SPORTS--BOXING.) ALI, MUHAMMAD--KLEIN, WILLIAM. The Greatest. 1964-1974. UZ Diffusion Presente, Un Muhammad Ali Film de William Klein. Large color poster 46-1/4x30-7/8 inches, linen-backed. Paris-New York, 1974

Additional Details

A scarce poster designed by William Klein (b. New York, 1928). American photographer and film maker. After studying for a degree in social sciences at the City College of New York, enrolling at the age of 14, Klein joined the army in 1945, a year before graduation, and worked as a cartoonist for the Stars and Stripes newspaper. He moved to Paris in 1948, studying the history of art at the Sorbonne and also briefly studying painting under Fernand Leger.