A painting by British wartime leader Winston Churchill sold for £612 800 ($1,2-million) at auction on Monday, a new record for the part-time artist and about three times the pre-sale estimate. View of Tinherir was painted in 1951 in Marrakech, Morocco, and given two years later to United States General George Marshall.
According to Sotheby’s, which sold the work in London, it has remained in the Marshall family ever since and its existence was unknown to experts until recently.
It was sold by award-winning actress Kitty Winn, a descendant of Marshall’s. It was expected to fetch £150 000 to £250 000.
The identity of the successful telephone bidder was not immediately known. — Reuters