Lot 142
  • 142

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, K.G., O.M., F.R.S., HON. R.A. | Lake Emerald, Canada

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Winston Churchill
  • Lake Emerald, Canada
  • oil on canvas
  • 34 by 49cm.; 13¼ by 19¼in.

Provenance

A gift from the Artist to Sergeant Edmund Murray (Sir Winston's bodyguard 1950 - 1965) and thence by descent to the present owners

Condition

Unexamined out of frame. The canvas appears to be wrapped around a board. There are Artist's pinholes to each of the corners and to the upper and lower edges in the centre, with associated circular marks. There are undulations to the canvas throughout. There is substantial paint loss to the work with lifting, cracking and bare canvas visible throughout. There is some surface dirt, flecks of staining and surface matter in places. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals no obvious signs of retouching or fluorescence. The work is float mounted and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any further questions regarding the present lot.
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Catalogue Note

In 1929, Churchill travelled across North America with his son Randolph, his brother Jack and his nephew Jonny. They stayed with luminaries of the day such as William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon. During a trip through the Canadian Rocky mountains, Churchill painted at Lake Louise, Alberta and Lake Emerald in British Columbia. The present work was later inscribed by Churchill’s bodyguard, Sergeant Edmund Murray, as Lake Louise, however, the correct subject is undoubtedly Lake Emerald.

The present work is registered with the Churchill Archive as cat. no.C543.

We are grateful to David Coombs and David Finch for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.