Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023); 'New York City (Muhammad Ali + Joe Frazier bout)';

Elliott Erwitt (1928-2023) 'New York City (Muhammad Ali + Joe Frazier bout)', 1971 Gelatin silver print, printed later; signed in ink in the margin, signed, titled, and dated in pencil on the reverse, framed, a Boca Raton Museum of Art label on the reverse. 14 5/7 x 21 7/8 in. (37.1 x 55.6 cm.) sheet 19 7/8 x 23 7/8 in. (50.5 x 60.6 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance The photographer to Richard Coplan, circa 2012 Literature Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2009), p. 246 Elliott Erwitt, Sequentially Yours, Elliott Erwitt (Kempen, 2011), pp. 120-121 Exhibited Elliott Erwitt: Photographs from the Collection of Richard Coplan and Martin R. Mallinger, Boca Raton Museum of Art, 9 November 2014 - 11 January 2015 The Art of Observation: The Best of Photographer Elliott Erwitt, D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts / Springfield Museums, 9 November 2019 - 12 January 2020; Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, 17 September - 31 December 2022 Note Boxing champions Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali faced off at Madison Square Garden in New York City on 8 March 1971 in 'The Fight of the Century.' Their fifteen-round match was broadcast around the globe, while celebrities such as Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand attended the sold-out event in person. Ali had been banned from boxing and stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion title in 1967 because he refused the draft during the Vietnam War. Going into this fight, Frazier ranked as the heavyweight champion. He served Ali with his first defeat in the ring and defended his title. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing