British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary
Property from the Family of Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Mallows
Auction Closed
June 29, 02:19 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Family of Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
1874 - 1965
Mallows
signed WSC (lower left)
oil on canvas
unframed: 61 by 51cm.; 24 by 20in.
framed: 69 by 59cm.; 27¼ by 23¼in.
Executed circa 1930s.
We are grateful to Barry Phipps for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Lady Spencer Churchill, by whom gifted to the present owner
Winston Churchill, Painting as a Pastime, Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1948, illustrated fig. 1 (as A Vase of Flowers)
Mary Soames, Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter, Collins, London, 1990, illustrated no. 34, p. 106 (as Mallows in a Vase, Chartwell)
David Coombs, Churchill – His Paintings, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1967, no. 178, illustrated p. 147
David Coombs and Minnie Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Ware House Publishing, Lyme Regis, 2011, no. C178, illustrated fig. 267
Mary Soames, Winston Churchill: His Life as a Painter, Collins, London, 1990, illustrated no. 34, p. 106 (as Mallows in a Vase, Chartwell)
David Coombs, Churchill – His Paintings, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1967, no. 178, illustrated p. 147
David Coombs and Minnie Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill: His Life and His Paintings, Ware House Publishing, Lyme Regis, 2011, no. C178, illustrated fig. 267