Live Auction 352720th Century British Art
Oscar Nemon (1906-1985)
Lot 48

Oscar Nemon (1906-1985)

Sir Winston Churchill

Closed15 December 2011

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GBP 12,500

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Oscar Nemon (1906-1985)
Sir Winston Churchill
signed 'NEMON' and with foundry stamp (lower right)
bronze with a brown patina
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

Nemon was Churchill's choice of sculptor when Elizabeth II commissioned a bust of Sir Winston for Windsor Castle in 1952. The two men first met in Marrakech in 1951. Famously, Nemon's 1970 bronze of Sir Winston Churchill stands in the Members Lobby of the House of Commons.