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Lot 139

A fine photograph of Sir Winston Churchill, by Edward Steichen, American, 1879-1973, New York,...

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Lot 139

A fine photograph of Sir Winston Churchill, by Edward Steichen, American, 1879-1973, New York,...

Price Realised: £2,230

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 139

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A fine photograph of Sir Winston Churchill, by Edward Steichen, American, 1879-1973, New York, negative 1932, print circa 1954, silver gelatin print, laid down on card, mounted, signed and dated by Churchill in ink on the image Winston Churchill, August 13 1954, framed and glazed, 24 x 18.5cm

Provenance: Purchased by the present owner from Mark Weber, Catalogue 36 'Books by and About Winston S. Churchill', January 1995, item 6380 'A superb signed photograph [...] from the estate of Churchill's valet, Norman McGowan [...] signed and dated August.

Note: The present owner purchased this signed photograph from Churchill specialist bookseller Mark Weber in London in 1995. Weber in his catalogue noted that this photograph had been owned by Churchill's valet Norman McGowan, who wrote about his life in Churchill’s service in his 1958 book ‘My Years with Churchill’ (catalogue pasted to back of frame).

This portrait of Churchill by Edward Steichen was originally commissioned by Vanity Fair magazine in 1932.

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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