Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Fernandez-Ruiz

Winston Churchill

View in the Italian Alps

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June 30, 09:37 AM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Fernandez-Ruiz

Winston Churchill

1874 - 1965

View in the Italian Alps

signed W.S.C. (lower right)

oil on canvas

unframed: 51 by 61.5cm.; 20 by 24¼in.

framed: 94 by 108cm.; 37 by 42½in.

Executed circa 1934.

We are grateful to Barry Phipps for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Original canvas. The work appears to be in excellent overall condition.

The canvas undulates slightly. There are a few minor abrasions to the extreme edges. Minor lines of craquelure in the sky and mountains, only visible upon close inspection. Light surface dirt and scattered flecks of matter, the work would benefit from a light clean.

Ultraviolet light reveals a thick layer of varnish which makes the reading difficult to determine, but no obvious signs of retouching.

Held in an ornate gilt frame.

Please email Bryn Sayles at bryn.sayles@sothebys.com if you have any questions regarding the present work.

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Lady Spencer Churchill

Sarah Lady Audley

Wylma Wayne Fine Art, London, where acquired by Mr and Mrs Fernandez-Ruiz, 1982

David Coombs and Lady Spencer-Churchill, Churchill, His Paintings, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1967, no. 200, illustrated p. 156
David Coombs and Minnie S. Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill, His Life and His Paintings, Ware House Publishing, Lyme Regis, 2011, no. C200, illustrated fig. 180, pp. 98-99