Mar 25, 2021 - Sale 2562

Sale 2562 - Lot 344

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(SPORTS--BOXING.) David Mosley, artist. From Slaveship to Championship . . . George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali. Poster, 37 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches; folds, minor wear including scrapes in image to Ali's right, laid down on board; not examined out of frame. Compton, CA: Prothro Lithographic Co., 29 October [1974]
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Poster for the closed-circuit screening of one of the great sporting events of the 1970s, pitting the deposed Muhammad Ali against the younger and stronger reigning champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire--known as the "Rumble in the Jungle." At top, hands join across the ocean from America to Africa, with chains broken. At bottom are promoter Don King and singer Miriam Makeba, who headlined a music festival to hype the fight.