Lot no. 135
[Sir WINSTON CHURCHILL - PAUL REYNAUD]
Portrait of Winston Churchill
Photographic print, circa 1952
Signed in the margin:
"To Paul Reynaud / from / Winston Churchill / in memory of great days".
Framed under glass.
Silver display frame. Minerve head hallmark and goldsmith's hallmark and mark of the House of KELLER in PARIS.
Dimensions (photograph) :
18.5 x 15 cm (7 ½ × 6 in.)
A photograph of Winston Churchill, inscribed in the margin: "To Paul Reynaud / from / Winston Churchill / in memory of great days."
Provenance :
- President Paul Reynaud (1878-1966) ;
- Then by descent.
Historical background:
Reynaud and Churchill worked closely together at the start of the war, to the point of planning a Franco-British union that would merge the two countries' institutions.
We know of similar portraits dedicated and sent to other major players in the Second World War, such as de Gaulle, Truman and Stalin.
[Sir WINSTON CHURCHILL - PAUL REYNAUD]
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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