Start price: € 2,400

Estimate: € 4,000–4,500

Start price: RMB 18,000

Estimate: RMB 32,000–36,000

Size: 41.2 x 59.2 cm

Gelatin silver print, printed in the 2000s on double-weight semi-matte paper 47.1 x 65.4 cm, in excellent condition. Signed and numbered "5/20" by the photographer in ink and pencil, his studio stamp on the reverse. LITERATURE Thomas Hoepker, Photographien 1955-2005, Munich 2006, p. 58-59. PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the photographer by the former owner.

When Thomas Hoepker was a young staff photographer at STERN magazine, he was asked to cover a fight in London with the then unknown boxer, Cassius Clay, who had recently changed his name to Muhammed Ali. After documenting him for a few days there, Hoepker persuaded his editor that the story was bigger and followed Ali to Chicago, where this iconic image was taken.

明胶银盐照片，2000年代在双重重量半哑光纸上印制，尺寸为47.1 x 65.4厘米，状况极佳。摄影师用墨水和铅笔签名并编号为“5/20”，背面有他的工作室印章。文献：Thomas Hoepker，《Photographien 1955-2005》，慕尼黑，2006年，第58-59页。来源：前任主人直接从摄影师处获得。当托马斯·霍普克尔还是《STERN》杂志的一名年轻摄影记者时，他被要求去伦敦报道一场拳击比赛，当时还不为人知的拳击手卡修斯·克莱（Cassius Clay）刚刚改名为穆罕默德·阿里。在那里记录了几天后，霍普克尔说服了他的编辑，认为阿里的未来充满想象，极具故事性，并跟随阿里到芝加哥，拍摄了这张标志性的照片。