Title from caption on object: “Ali Acts Up After First Liston Fight Victory in Miami...”

February 25, 1964

Herb Scharfman

Associated Names
Herb Scharfman

Artist, American, 1912 - 1998

This is a photograph of a boxing ring capturing a triumphant moment. A boxer in white trunks and gloves is being embraced by another person in white. The boxer appears jubilant with an open mouth. Another person in a white shirt shows joy with open mouth and arms stretched out. The audience in the background watches the scene with expressions of amazement and excitement. The black and white photo adds drama to the moment. The ring ropes and dark ceiling frame the central figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 24.8 × 19.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.594

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching upper left in white paint; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Fight Ali ✓ SH Short; top right: 4 col x 7; upper left: 5647; center printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: Brennan 751219 / Mr. Linder Sun Herald / Sport. / Copy of Muhammad Ali from a book by Wilfred Shead.; center right stamped in purple ink: 22 DEC 1975; center right: USED / 21 DEC 1975 / SUN-HERALD; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: Ali acts up after his first Liston fight victory in Miami in 1964.; by unknown hand, bottom right in blue ink: 90