Winston and whisky. Perhaps one of the most iconic pairings of the 20th century.
This past Tuesday, one art collector certainly thought so, as one of Winston Churchill’s paintings, ingeniously entitled “Jug with Bottles,” sparked a bidding war and eventually went for nearly $1.3 million—five times the pre-sale estimates.
Painted during Churchill’s “wilderness” years in the 1930s while at his country home of Chartwell, in Kent, England, the still-life reflects one of the wartime leader’s favorite vices—Johnny Walker whisky.
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