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(ALI, MUHAMMAD) (KOONS, JEFF). . TASCHEN, BENEDIKT, MUHAMMAD ALI, HOWARD L. BINGHAM, NEIL LEIFER, ET AL. HELMUT SORGE, EDITOR GOAT (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) COLLECTORS EDITION: A TRIBUTE TO MUHAMMAD ALI - SIGNED BY ALI AND WITH A LITHOGRAPH BY JEFF KOONSKoln, GERMANY, Benedikt Taschen Verlag., 2004, First Edition 1/9000. (ISBN: 3-822816-27-2) Cloth in Clamshell Box, Elephant Folio, 792pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. "Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable personalities of our time and the greatest sportsman ever to walk the earth. To honor this living legend, Benedikt Taschen has created a work that is epic in scale and as unique and vibrant as the man himself. A worthy tribute to his life should reflect the scale of his achievements, and GOAT is fully up to that task". Bound in pink leather (the color of Ali's first Cadillac) by the official bindery for the Vatican, it weighs in at over seventy-five pounds, and contains over three thousand images - photographs, art and memorabilia (much of it published for the first time) from over one hundred and fifty photographers and artists. The text features original essays as well as the best interviews and writing on Ali of the last five decades, from hundreds of writers, totaling six hundred thousand words. A pristine copy of this massive undertaking still in the publisher's unopened shipping carton SIGNED by both Muhammad Ali and Jeff Koons, with the specially executed photo-lithograph "Radial Champs" by the artist Koons, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
Offered for US$ 3500.00 by: Arcana: Books on the Arts - Book number: 014633