Hickman, who was involved in a 1964 Churchill-themed film, “The Finest Hours.” The painting was then left to Hickman’s relatives after he died, and wound up in a closet for 15 years until it was sold by Rau. It was later sold to a movie producer, Norman G. Rau was able to bring this amazing piece back into the spotlight.”īefore Pitt bought it, the painting was passed from FDR to his son, who sold it in 1950 to an art collector in Nebraska. The painting has had an unprecedented journey, from being gifted to a US President, to being hidden away in a closet for nearly half a century, to being owned by the most famous couple in Hollywood. Rau told Page Six of the record-breaking Monday sale: “When we sold the ‘Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque’ by Winston Churchill, it was valued at just under $3 million, a fair price for such a historic work. The fact that it sold at auction for just goes to show you that important pieces will continue to be coveted and fetch top dollar. He and Jolie also reportedly once visited the Churchill War Rooms together in the UK for a private tour.īill Rau of M.S. Sources previously told us that Pitt’s role in Quentin Tarantino’s World War II drama, “Inglourious Basterds,” helped inspire his interest in the Churchill work. The Art Newspaper reports that Jolie sold a rare painting by Winston Churchill, titled 'Tower of Koutoubia Mosque,' at a London art auction on Monday for £8.3 million (11.5 million U.S.). Seems art lover Pitt has a good eye: The previous record for a Churchill painting was reportedly around $2.5 million. Jolie and Pitt’s divorce has been dragging on for years, ever since they announced their split in 2016. Reps have not commented on why the movie star was selling off the gift from her ex. The painting - which shattered its estimate of $3.4 million - was sold via the Jolie Family Collection. The same bidder also bought two more Churchill works in the sale, the Art Newspaper reported. Reports on Monday said that the 1943 Churchill painting, “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque,” sold for a record-breaking $11.5 million to a mystery Belgian bidder at Christie’s “Modern British Art Evening Sale” auction in London. The work was gifted to Jolie by her estranged husband Pitt, who bought it for $2.95 million in 2011 from a New Orleans antique dealer, M.S. Olivia Rodrigo embraces ‘Vampire’ vibes in bloody Angelina Jolie graphic T-shirtĪngelina Jolie sold off a Winston Churchill painting that Brad Pitt bought her as a gift for $11.5 million on Monday. The buyer wasn't immediately identified.Brad Pitt hasn’t introduced Ines de Ramon to kids after messy Angelina Jolie divorce: reportĪngelina Jolie: My kids and I had ‘a lot of healing to do’ after Brad splitĪngelina Jolie and daughter Vivienne, 15, share a laugh at JFK airport The painting was sold by the Jolie Family Collection. They were declared divorced in 2019 after their lawyers asked for a bifurcated judgment, meaning that two married people can be declared single while other issues, including finances and child custody, remain. The couple separated in 2016 and have spent years enmeshed in divorce proceedings, amid speculation about the division of their extensive art collection. The painting was sold by Roosevelt's son after the president's death in 1945, and had several owners before Jolie and partner Brad Pitt bought it in 2011. Churchill gave the painting to Roosevelt as a memento of the trip. The two leaders visited Marrakech after the conference so that Churchill could show Roosevelt the city's beauty. Roosevelt planned the defeat of Nazi Germany. The only painting that Britain's wartime prime minister completed during the 1939-45 conflict, it was completed after the January 1943 Casablanca Conference, where Churchill and U.S. The image of the 12th-century mosque in Marrakech at sunset, with the Atlas Mountains in the background, is a piece of both political and Hollywood history. The pre-sale estimate was 1.5 million pounds to 2.5 million pounds, and the previous record price for a Churchill painting was just under 1.8 million pounds. “Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque” sold at Christie's in London for 8,285,000 pounds ($11,590,715). A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than US$11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain's World War II leader.
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