Angelina Jolie to sell painting by Winston Churchill, originally a gift to Roosevelt

Updated : Feb 02, 2021 13:15
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According to Christie's auction house, 'Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque' a Moroccan landscape which was a gift from UK PM Winston Churchill to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be sold by Angelina Jolie.

The sale, scheduled to be held next month, is estimated to fetch between $2.1 million to $3.4 million. The image of the 12th century mosque in Marrakech at sunset is reportedly the only painting Churchill completed during WWII

The painting reportedly had many owners before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt bought it in 2011, and is now being sold by the Jolie family for a Christie's sale in March in London.

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