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Winston Churchill and His Wife Hated His Portrait So Much She Destroyed It

Lost Masterpieces

Winston Churchill diplomatically commented of Graham Sutherland's portrait of him that it was “a great example of modern art.” Unofficially, he and his wife Clementine hated it.

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