Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top right in black ink: 4117; across top printed in image: (KIN-3) N’SELE, ZAIRE, OCT. 18/74-- (ap) Candid closeup of a profuse- / ly sweating Muhammad Ali after a ten round workout at the N’Sele / gym. Ali wipes sweat from his brow. (picture in combo with KIN-4) / (ap wirephoto/stf/faas)74; on verso, center left stamped twice in red ink: OCT 27 1974; lower left printed in black ink on applied newspaper: By JACK GRIFFIN / Chicago Sun-Times / N'SELE, Zaire -- All / morning it had tried very / hard to rain, but at last it / gave up, cleared away the / clouds, and settled down to / a sullen humidity. / Muhammad Ali [underlined in red ink] went to the / gym early, a little before / noon, working swiftly as he / always does. Once he / hooked the big bag off its / swivel and it crashed to the / floor. And he grinned. / "Look at that George / Foreman laying on the / ground," he said. "That's / the big mummy laying / down there where I put / him." / A half hour later, Muham- / mad left, Foremen came, / and the gym took a more / somber touch. There are / more restrictions then. The / looseness Ali brings to the / gym is gone.; lower right printed in black ink on applied sticker: 26