ID 829369 
Lot 58  | SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965)
Estimate value
£ 400 000 – 600 000 
Still Life, Silver at Chartwell
signed with initials 'W.S.C.' (lower left)
oil on canvas-board
14 x 19 3/4 in. (35.6 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in the 1930s.
Provenance
A gift from the artist to Sir Anthony Eden, The Earl of Avon.
The Countess of Avon.
Literature
D. Coombs, Churchill: His Paintings, London, 1967, p. 145, no. 173, illustrated.
D. Sutton (ed.), 'A Statesman's Collection', Apollo Magazine, June 1969, p. 464, fig. 11, as 'Still-life of silver'.
Exhibition catalogue, Painting as a Pastime: Winston Churchill – his life as a painter, London, Sotheby's, 1998, p. 134, no. 63.
M. Soames, Winston Churchill: His Life As A Painter, London, 1990, pp. 8, 107, no. 35, illustrated.
D. Coombs and M. Churchill, Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Lyme Regis, 2011, pp. 133, 253, no. C173, fig. 263.
Exhibited
Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Lord Avon, 11 January – 20 March 1966, no. 2.
London, Sotheby's, Painting As A Pastime: Winston Churchill - his life as a painter, January 1998, no. 63.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
| Artist: | Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Winston Spencer Churchill (1874 - 1965) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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