SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965) - photo 1

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965)

Lot 11
19.03.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1388281
Lot 11 | SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965)
The Bay of Èze
signed with initials 'WSC' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted circa 1950.




Provenance

A gift from the artist to Diana Spencer Churchill, and by descent to Celia Sandys.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in December 2007.



Literature

D. Coombs, Churchill: His Paintings, London, 1967, p. 263, no. 490, illustrated, as 'View on the Riviera'.
D. Coombs and M.S. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, pp. 217, 256, no. C 490, fig. 455, as 'View on the Riviera'.
P. Rafferty, Winston Churchill: Painting on the French Riviera, London, 2020, pp. 23, 80, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, M. Knoedler & Co., Painting as a Pastime: By Sir Winston Churchill, May - June 1977, n.p., no. 46, as 'View on the Riviera'.
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Painting as a Pastime: The Paintings of Winston S. Churchill, September - November 1983, n.p., exhibition not numbered, illustrated, as 'View on the Riviera'.
London, Sotheby's, Painting as a Pastime: Winston Churchill - His Life as a Painter, January 1998, no. 99, as 'View on the Riviera'.
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