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A Study of Boats, a limited and numbered lithograph reproduction of Churchill's c.1933 painting

by Artist: Winston S. Churchill

$250 · Offered by Biblio

London: Sir Winston Churchill Trust, 2005. Limited and numbered edition. Lithograph. This is a limited and numbered lithograph of an original painting by Winston S. Churchill. The painting is titled “A Study of Boats”. The original was apparently painted circa 1933 (not 1939 as printed in the lower margin of this reproduction). It previously belonged to Churchill’s wife, Clementine, and has been exhibited multiple times, including a World Tour in 1958, at the Royal Academy in 1959, and at the New York World’s Fair in 1965. It is now held by The National Trust at Chartwell. (See Coombs, Fig 278, C 298) This lovely reproduction, one of 750 copies, is a “lithograph on cotton paper with serigraphy”. This copy is hand-numbered on the lower left blank margin “320/750” and hand-titled on the lower center blank margin “A Study of Boats”. At the lower right is a facsimile signature “Winston S. Churchill” and an embossed circular device reading “SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL TRUST AUTHENTIC LITHOGRAPH" and dated “2005”. The image measures 20 x 16.5 inches (50.8 x 41.9 cm). The thick cotton paper stock on which the lithograph is rendered measures 27 x 19.75 inches (68.6 x 50.2 cm). Condition is very good, the image bright and clean. There is light wear and wrinkling to the corners and light, incidental soiling to the blank white margins. An accompanying embossed “Certificate of Authenticity” attests that the plate, stone, and screen used to produce the limited edition were destroyed thereafter.

  • Publisher: Sir Winston Churchill Trust
  • Year: 2005
  • Edition: Limited and numbered edition
  • Binding: unknown

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