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🔉Join Nicholas Orchard, Modern British Art Specialist as he discusses the 'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque' (1943) by Sir Winston Churchill to be offered in The Modern British Art Evening Sale on 1 March.
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This work is commonly regarded as the most important painting by Sir Winston Churchill, with its story interwoven into the history of the twentieth century. Churchill gifted the work to President Roosevelt shortly after their visit to the Atlas Mountains.
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'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque' captures one of his favourite views, a vista across the city of Marrakech as it rises towards the high peaks of the Atlas Mountains.
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Churchill began travelling to Marrakech during the late 1930s, following a winter stay in 1935-36. Thereafter he wrote, 'Morocco was to me a revelation'.
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Sir Winston Churchill, O.M., R.A. (1874-1965), 'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque', 1943. Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000.
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Modern British Art Evening Sale — 1 March, London.
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