Churchill Painting Owned by Truman Going Up for Auction ; 'Marrakech' Valued at $1.03 Million

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 30, 2007

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LONDON A painting by Winston Churchill, which President Harry S. Truman called one of his "most valued possessions" after receiving it as a gift from the British prime minister in 1951, will be sold at Sotheby's, the auction house said Saturday.

Churchill, a respected amateur artist, painted "Marrakech" around 1948 during one of his frequent trips to Morocco. It shows one of the city's gates against the backdrop of the Atlas Mountains.

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Churchill Painting Owned by Truman Going Up for Auction ; 'Marrakech' Valued at $1.03 Million

In a note accompanying the gift, Churchill described th...

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