SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL’S ONLY WARTIME PAINTING SETS NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD OF £8,285,000 / $11,590,715 / €9,577,460
-Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque by Sir Winston Churchill was the only painting created by Churchill during the Second World War
-The painting was gifted by Churchill to Franklin D. Roosevelt after Churchill introduced him to the views and sunset of Marrakech
-Sir Winston Churchill’s Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque sold for £8,285,000 / $11,590,715 / €9,577,460
London – Christie’s Modern British Art Evening Sale on 1 March 2021 realised a new world auction record for Sir Winston Churchill’s Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque (1943, price realised: £8,285,000 / $11,590,715 / €9,577,460), which was offered from The Jolie Family Collection.
The painting is the only work that Churchill created during the Second World War, executing the painting in Marrakech following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943. Churchill invited Franklin D. Roosevelt to join him in Marrakech the day after the conference concluded, motivated by his desire to share the views of the city and the light at sunset, which he so revered, with Roosevelt.
