Sir Winston Churchill

Details

Oscar Nemon (1906-1985)
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'NEMON' (on the left side)
bronze with a brown patina
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, excluding wooden base
Cast in an edition of 10.

Provenance

Gifted by Lady Mary Soames to Philip Guilmant in July 1975, and by descent.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Philip Guilmant was a British architect and designer. He moved to Mexico in 1954 and served on the commissioning committee for the construction of the full-figure Churchill monument in Mexico City. The present lot was given to Philip Guilmant by Lady Mary Soames, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, in July 1975 to mark the unveiling of Nemon's full size statue of Churchill.

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