Muhammad Ali Portrait

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Muhammad Ali Portrait

Date

c. 2018

Creator

LeAirre Morris See all items with this value

Description

Morris’ painting is a golden portrait of boxer Muhammad Ali raising his fists and preparing for a strike. The painting is inspired by a photograph taken in the 1960s at the height of his athletic career. Ali gained acclaim, controversy, and celebrity not just for his boxing achievements, but also for his conversion to Islam, civil rights activism, and refusal to fight in the Vietnam War.

Primary Subject

2000- See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

HBCU student work See all items with this value

Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Afrocentrism

Black art

Nation of Islam

Pan Africanism

Political organizations

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Type

Painting

Medium

paint on canvas

Measurements

29 3/4 in x 24 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc34

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0151

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

Collection

Permanent Collection See all items with this value

References

"BOXING-OLY 1960-ALI." Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/photo-taken-in-the-60s-shows-u-s-boxing-champion-cassius-news-photo/170919813.