Lot Essay
Sir Winston Churchill and Earl Alexander of Tunis painted this view of Lake Como together in 1945. Churchill's painting was exhibited at Sotheby's, London, Paintings as a Past Time, January 1998, no.81.
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Lake Como
Details
Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891-1969)
Lake Como
signed and dated 'ALEXANDER/1945' (lower right), signed and dated again, and inscribed 'LAKE COMO/PAINTED WITH WINSTON/CHURCHILL 1945/ALEXANDER' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)
Lake Como
signed and dated 'ALEXANDER/1945' (lower right), signed and dated again, and inscribed 'LAKE COMO/PAINTED WITH WINSTON/CHURCHILL 1945/ALEXANDER' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)
Literature
E.Seago, The Paintings of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis, London, 1973, pl. 43, p. 114.
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