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Muhammad Ali F.S. II 179 - 182, 1978
Portfolio of four screen prints
40 x 30 in101.6 x 76.2 cm
Edition of 150 plus 10 AP, 1 PP
Andy Warhol's Muhammad Ali series, created in 1978, is a vibrant and dynamic collection that celebrates the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, showcasing Warhol's distinctive artistic approach. The Muhammad Ali series comprises a set of silkscreen prints featuring various portraits and action shots of Ali, capturing the boxer's charisma, strength, and iconic status. Warhol's portrayal of Ali is both powerful and expressive, highlighting the athlete's distinctive features, his intensity in the ring, and his larger-than-life personality. Through this series, Warhol pays homage to Ali as a cultural icon and a symbol of athleticism, courage, and resilience. The prints showcase a variety of compositions and color treatments, illustrating Warhol's experimentation with visual styles while capturing different facets of Ali's character and career. Warhol's fascination with celebrity culture and fame is evident in the Muhammad Ali series, as he elevates the boxer's image to the realm of high art. The repetition of Ali's portraits in various color combinations and compositions echoes Warhol's interest in mass production and the proliferation of images in contemporary society. Ali's significance as a sports figure and a social activist is conveyed through Warhol's prints, which not only celebrate his athletic prowess but also reflect the boxer's influence in shaping cultural narratives beyond the realm of sports. Overall, the Muhammad Ali series stands as a vibrant tribute to an iconic sports figure, showcasing Warhol's ability to capture the essence of fame and athleticism through his distinct artistic style. These prints serve as a testament to Ali's enduring legacy and his impact on popular culture, immortalized by Warhol's artistic interpretation.
Price on Application

Muhammad Ali · Andy Warhol · Christie's · 2022-09 · $373,835

Muhammad Ali · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2026-01 · $355,600

Muhammad Ali · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2024-03 · $354,086

Muhammad Ali · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2018-10 · $325,000

Muhammad Ali · Andy Warhol · Sotheby's · 2017-04 · $312,500

Andy Warhol's portrait series of Muhammad Ali (1978) is one of the most powerful intersections of art and sport in the 20th century — and among the most recognisable works from Warhol's celebrated Athletes series. Catalogued as FS II.179–182, the four-print portfolio captures Ali at the height of his global cultural dominance, rendered in Warhol's signature silkscreen style with the same visual authority he brought to Marilyn Monroe or Chairman Mao.
The commission came from Richard Weisman, the sports promoter and art collector who commissioned Warhol to create portraits of ten major athletes — a project that also included works depicting Pelé, O.J. Simpson, Tom Seaver, and others. The Ali portraits, however, have long been considered the emotional and artistic centrepiece of the series. Warhol photographed Ali personally, and the resulting images — bold, confrontational, electric with colour — feel entirely worthy of their subject.
Published in an edition of 25 per image, with artist's proofs and printer's proofs. Each print measures 40 × 32 inches, printed on Lenox Museum Board. Published by Richard Weisman and printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York, 1978.
The Muhammad Ali prints occupy a unique position in the Warhol market: they attract collectors from the traditional fine art world, sports memorabilia collectors, and those drawn to Ali's extraordinary cultural legacy. Since Ali's death in 2016, demand has remained consistently strong and prices have trended upward. The edition size of just 25 per image makes these among the scarcer Warhol portrait works available on the secondary market.
A Warhol portrait of Muhammad Ali is, quite simply, one of the great crossover cultural objects of the 20th century — art, sport, history, and celebrity collapsed into a single silkscreen. Guy Hepner Gallery offers Muhammad Ali prints for sale with full provenance. Contact us for current availability.

Andy Warhol prints for sale and Andy Warhol paintings for sale at Guy Hepner Gallery, New York. Our inventory spans screenprints, silkscreens, and unique works across his most collected series: Marilyn Monroe, Campbell's Soup, Mao, Flowers, Myths, Ads, Cowboys and Indians, Dollar Signs, Cars, and Reigning Queens — all with full provenance and Feldman & Schellmann catalogue raisonné references. We also acquire Warhol. Contact our team for a free valuation.
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is the defining figure of American Pop Art and the most commercially traded artist of the twentieth century. Born Andrew Warhola in Pittsburgh to Slovak immigrant parents, he rose from commercial illustrator to the architect of a cultural movement that permanently dissolved the boundary between fine art and mass media. His Manhattan studio, The Factory, became the epicentre of New York art and celebrity culture from the early 1960s until his death in February 1987.
Andy Warhol art for sale spans an extraordinary range of subjects, media, and price points — from intimate drawings and unique canvas paintings to large signed editions. His signature subjects include Campbell's Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, Dollar Signs, Flowers, Reigning Queens, Cowboys and Indians, the Ads portfolio, and the late Cars and Endangered Species series. Each body of work reflects his obsessive engagement with repetition, celebrity, and commodity culture.
The market benchmark for Warhol was set in May 2022 when Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) sold at Christie's New York for $195 million — the highest price ever achieved at auction for an American artwork. Recent print sales confirm sustained institutional demand: Mao editions achieved $4,648,000 each at Christie's in May 2025; Flowers editions achieved $4,076,000 and $3,832,000 at Sotheby's in the same season.
Andy Warhol paintings for sale — unique acrylics and silkscreens on canvas — represent the rarest and most valuable tier of his output. Subjects produced in multiple unique variations include Flowers, Skulls, Shadows, Dollar Signs, and the late Oxidation Paintings. The Rorschach series (1984) and Camouflage works appeal strongly to institutional collectors. Abstract Expressionism paintings from the late 1970s and early 1980s remain undervalued relative to his iconic print series and represent a compelling collecting opportunity.
Andy Warhol paintings require substantial documentation: exhibition history, gallery receipts, and provenance tracing to The Factory or first-generation dealers. Prices range from mid-five figures for works on paper to eight figures for major canvas paintings. Our team can advise on current pricing and condition assessment across all painting categories.
Warhol's screenprints represent the most accessible and widely collected segment of his output. Andy Warhol prints for sale range from early unsigned offset lithographs to hand-signed, numbered editions produced with Castelli Graphics, Factory Editions, and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Signed, numbered editions from key series — Marilyn Monroe (1967), Flowers (1970), Mao (1972), Ads (1985), Endangered Species (1983), Cowboys and Indians (1986), and Reigning Queens (1985) — command the strongest collector demand and the deepest secondary market liquidity.
Condition, provenance, and edition size are the critical variables. Works printed on Lenox Museum Board or high-grade rag paper with consistent registration and original colouration are the most desirable. Fading, foxing, or retouching materially affects value.
The Cars portfolio (F.S. II.356–362), produced in 1985 as a commission from Mercedes-Benz to mark the centenary of the automobile, stands among the most refined of Warhol's late print series. Ten screenprints on Lenox Museum Board render historic Mercedes-Benz models in Warhol's characteristic flat colour and photographic silkscreen technique — his iconic commercial sensibility applied to the history of industrial design. Signed and numbered in editions of 100, with separate artist's proofs, the Cars series regularly achieves $25,000–$75,000 per impression and commands significant premiums when offered as complete portfolios.
Warhol's production in the final decade of his life — broadly 1978 to 1987 — encompasses some of his most conceptually ambitious work. The Knives series (1981–82), Guns series (1981–82), and Crosses (1981–82) form a trilogy of loaded American objects rendered in the same neutral Pop vocabulary he had applied to Soup Cans twenty years earlier. The Boots and Dollar Bills paintings sit alongside late unique canvases from the Camouflage series (1986–87) and the haunting Last Supper paintings completed weeks before his death. Works from this period are systematically underrepresented in collector awareness relative to their importance to the broader catalogue and represent genuine long-term collecting opportunities.
Andy Warhol self portrait prints are among the most sought-after works in his catalogue — a subject he returned to from 1966 to 1986. The most collected examples include:
Self portrait prices range from $18,000 for early unsigned screenprints to $400,000+ for the 1978 and 1986 signed works in excellent condition. Authentication requires reference to the Feldman & Schellmann catalogue raisonné and, where applicable, a former Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board certificate.
Guy Hepner actively acquires Andy Warhol prints, paintings, and unique works from private collections. If you are looking to sell Warhol prints or seeking a current market valuation, contact our New York gallery for a confidential, no-obligation assessment. We handle all series including Marilyn, Mao, Flowers, Ads, Cowboys and Indians, Myths, Reigning Queens, and late works. Our team can advise on the most appropriate route to market and current secondary market pricing.
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