Churchill's DESPISED Portrait hits the Auction Block: A Stirring Tale of Art vs Legacy
- Ib daim duab ntawm Winston Churchill, ntxub los ntawm tus txiv neej nws tus kheej thiab tsim los ntawm Graham Sutherland, tam sim no tau nthuav tawm ntawm Blenheim Palace, Churchill qhov chaw yug. Cov artwork no, ib feem ntawm ib daim loj dua uas Churchill detested thiab tom qab ntawd raug puas tsuaj, yog teem rau auctioned nyob rau hauv Lub rau hli ntuj nrog ib tug yuav tsum nqi tag li ntawm Ā£ 500,000 mus rau Ā£ 800,000.
Ua haujlwm rau Churchill lub hnub nyoog 80 xyoo hauv xyoo 1954 thiab nthuav tawm hauv Parliament, cov duab kos tau txais cov lus teb tsis txaus siab los ntawm Churchill uas tau sau npe rau nws "tus qauv zoo kawg nkaus ntawm kev kos duab niaj hnub," thaum tus kheej thuam nws rau nws qhov kev piav qhia tsis txaus ntseeg. Thawj zaug tau raug rhuav tshem los ntawm nws tsev neeg, ib qho kev tshwm sim tom qab tau piav qhia hauv koob "The Crown".
Txoj kev kawm tseem muaj sia nyob no qhia tau hais tias Churchill tawm tsam keeb kwm yav dhau los tsaus ntuj thiab ua haujlwm raws li ob qho tib si kos duab thiab keeb kwm relic uas tsom iav qhov sib txawv ntawm nws cov ntsiab lus thiab kev ua yeeb yam. Sotheby's kwv yees qhov kev muag khoom no thaum Lub Rau Hli 6 yuav ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj.
Churchill qhov kev tsis txaus siab rau Sutherland txoj kev txhais lus qhia txog kev sib tham tsis tu ncua txog kev nthuav qhia kev kos duab piv rau tus kheej keeb kwm. Raws li daim duab no mus txog rau hnub uas nws qhov kev sib tw, nws rov qab sib cav txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov duab keeb kwm tau nco txog thiab sawv cev hauv kev kos duab.