"Controversial Study of Winston Churchill's Portrait Heads to Auction"
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A portrait of Winston Churchill by artist Graham Sutherland, whose work the British leader despised, is set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London on June 6. The surviving oil-on-canvas study, expected to fetch between 500,000 pounds and 800,000 pounds, was created as a preparation for a larger portrait that Churchill loathed and later destroyed. The painting is currently on public display at Churchill’s birthplace, Blenheim Palace, and offers a glimpse into the backstory of its creation and the controversy surrounding it.
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- A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction The Associated Press
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- Pictured: draft of portrait Churchill hated so much he had it burnt The Telegraph
- Study for a Portrait of Winston Churchill That Was ‘Rejected’ as an 80th Birthday Present Heads to Auction Barron's
- A Study For The Infamous Portrait of Winston Churchill Featured in The Crown is For Sale Town & Country
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