Black and white poster with a photograph of Muhammad Ali and Pelé: Museum Object and Cultural History
Black and white poster with a photograph of Muhammad Ali and Pelé: Date: 2000. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016.
The object in the museum catalogue
A poster featuring a pixelated image of Muhammad Ali and Pelé embracing after Pelé's final soccer match in 1977. Ali signed, dated, and wrote an aphorism at the bottom of the poster.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2000
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
- Subject of: Pelé, Brazilian, 1940 - 2022
- Type: posters
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 33 x 24 in. (83.8 x 61 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Athletes
- Topic: Boxing
- Topic: Soccer
- Topic: Sports
- Object number: 2011.153.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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