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Sir Winston Churchill, Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque, 1943, oil on canvas.

, which is considered Winston Churchill’s most important painting, set a world auction record for the artist and former British Prime Minister at Christie’s Modern British Art Evening Sale in March. and , also appeared in the sale, both bypassing their presale estimates by healthy margins.

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