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Created with soft pastels on museum-quality, heavyweight, acid-free watercolor paper
primed with sand, this work depicts a young boy seen from above, sunlight shining
down & casting his shadow onto a spread of vintage newspaper clippings of then
Cassius Clay. He holds one oversized boxing glove while the other rests on the ground,
inscribed “3.6.1964”, the date Cassius Clay announced his name change to Muhammad
Ali after defeating Sonny Liston. Beneath him is the headline from that moment, his
stance echoing Ali’s famous pose over Liston. A butterfly rests on the paper,
symbolizing Ali’s metamorphosis & his quote, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” In
the lower left, a clipping of wrestler Gorgeous George nods to the man who inspired
Ali’s rhyming style. To the right, a news article from Ali’s first fight completes the
composition, layering history, transformation, & legacy into a single powerful image.
Created with soft pastels on museum-quality, heavyweight, acid-free watercolor paper
primed with sand, this work depicts a young boy seen from above, sunlight shining
down & casting his shadow onto a spread of vintage newspaper clippings of then
Cassius Clay. He holds one oversized boxing glove while the other rests on the ground,
inscribed “3.6.1964”, the date Cassius Clay announced his name change to Muhammad
Ali after defeating Sonny Liston. Beneath him is the headline from that moment, his
stance echoing Ali’s famous pose over Liston. A butterfly rests on the paper,
symbolizing Ali’s metamorphosis & his quote, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” In
the lower left, a clipping of wrestler Gorgeous George nods to the man who inspired
Ali’s rhyming style. To the right, a news article from Ali’s first fight completes the
composition, layering history, transformation, & legacy into a single powerful image.