The auctioneer may at his sole discretion determine the advance of bidding or refuse a bid, divide any lot, combine any two or more lots or withdraw any lot without prior notice. If during the auction the Auctioneer considers that a dispute has arisen he has absolute authority to settle it or to re-offer the lot. (b) The Seller warrants to the Auctioneer and to the buyer that he is the true owner or is properly authorised to sell the property by the true owner and is able to transfer good and marketable title to the property free from any third party claims.Ģ. (a) Dominic Winter (Auctioneers) Ltd ("the Auctioneer") sells as agents for the seller (except where otherwise stated) and as such is not responsible for any default by buyer or seller. This service is only available on lots with a minimum pre-sale estimated value of £300.ġ. A member of our staff will telephone you a few minutes before bidding commences on your specified lot and will bid on your behalf, according to your instructions. Telephone bid: You can contact our office to arrange a telephone bid. Commission bids can be posted, faxed or emailed to us (please remember to provide your full name and address), or you can enter a bid on our website after completing the registration process. A member of our staff will bid on your behalf and attempt to purchase the lot as cheaply as is permitted by other bids or reserves. A live bidding fee of 3% + VAT (Dominic Winter website or ) or 4.95% + VAT (the-saleroom) will be added to your invoice.Ĭommission bid: Also called an 'Absentee bid'. Please note successful bids made via live bidding cannot be invoiced or paid for until the day after an auction. Online bidding: You can bid live online at our auctions via our own website ( .uk) after completing the registration process or alternatively you can live bid on or In person: Being present at the auction provides the convenience of being able to remove the lots that you have purchased when the sale ends, provided you choose to pay by credit or debit card, guaranteed cheque or cash. You can make a purchase at Dominic Winter Auctioneers by using any of the following methods: An episode of the Netflix series The Crown refers to the occasion of the public presentation to Churchill, in which Churchill wryly joked (as John Lithgow’s version did in The Crown), that the portrait was “a remarkable example of modern art.” The comment was not meant as a compliment. Lady Spencer-Churchill had previously destroyed other portraits of her husband that she disliked, including sketches by Walter Sickert and Paul Maze. Many commentators were aghast at the destruction of the work of art, and Sutherland condemned it as an act of vandalism others upheld the Churchills' right to dispose of their property as they saw fit. She had hidden the Sutherland portrait in the cellars at Chartwell and employed her private secretary Grace Hamblin and Hamblin's brother to remove it in the middle of the night and burn it in a remote location. After the death of Lady Spencer-Churchill in 1977, it came to light the following year that she had destroyed the painting within a year of its arrival at Chartwell, by breaking it into pieces and having them incinerated to prevent it from causing further distress to her husband. The painting was intended to hang in the Houses of Parliament after Churchill's death, but after the public presentation, it was instead given as a personal gift to Churchill himself, who took it to Chartwell and refused to display it as he found the portrait deeply unflattering. The painting was presented to Churchill by both Houses of Parliament at a public ceremony in Westminster Hall on his 80th birthday on 30 November 1954. Sutherland received 1,000 guineas for the painting, a sum funded by donations from members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. In 1954 Graham Sutherland was commissioned to paint a full-length portrait of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom. Provenance: From the Winston Churchill Collection of Major Alan Taylor-Smith (1928-2019). Portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, circa 1970s, full-length oil on canvas portrait of Winston Churchill seated, some cracking and flaking of paint surface, 96.5 x 77.5 cm, indistinct West Dulwich artist details written in ink to verso, together with a similar portrait of Churchill after the Sutherland portrait, rendered in coloured chalks on wove, 76 x 61 cm, framed and glazed
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