Lévy Gorvy Dayan’s booth at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025 will feature Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali (1977), a 40 x 40-inch acrylic and silkscreen on canvas.
Not only is the painting of immense art-historical importance with impeccable provenance and a series record at auction; it marks a full-circle moment for its late subject, Muhammad Ali, who won his career-defining fight against Sonny Liston at the Miami Beach Convention Center in 1964. The painting, which is autographed on the back by Muhammad Ali himself, was originally owned by Richard L. Weisman, a friend and patron of Warhol who initially inspired him to create his “Athletes” series by pointing out that athletes were, by the 1970s, of the same cultural stature as the arts-and-entertainment celebrities Warhol was so fascinated with.
Lévy Gorvy Dayan will be offering the painting at $18,000,000, which is the price it achieved at Christie’s in 2021 (lot page linked here). It comes on the heels of the gallery’s success with another significant painting at Art Basel Paris: the sale of Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (1988), which was listed for $25,500,000.
Said Brett Gorvy:
We have seen momentum of confidence in the market since Paris, crowned by this auction season’s numerous category records. We are in a moment of connoisseurship where top collectors want the best of everything. With the 1977 painting in our booth, you have the best of Warhol, and an image that captures the spirit of the moment.
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2025
December 3rd–7th, 2025
Miami Beach Convention Center
Booth G8
