Angelina Jolie sold a Winston Churchill painting, bought by Brad Pitt as a gift, on Monday for $ 11.5 million.
The job was given to Jolie by her husband’s husband Pitt, who bought it in 2011 from New Orleans’ antique dealer, Ms Rau, for $ 2.95 million, which we revealed earlier.
The report on Monday stated that the 1943 Churchill painting, “Tower of the Kautbaua Mosque,” Record-breaking sold for $ 11.5 million An enigmatic bidder at Christie’s “Modern British Art Evening Sale” auction in London. The arts newspaper reported that the same bidder also bought two more of Churchill’s works at the sale.
The painting – which broke his estimate of $ 3.4 million – was sold through the Jolie Family Collection. Reps has not commented on why the film star was selling the gift from his ex. Jolie and Pitt’s divorce has been dragging on for years, ever since they announced their split in 2016.
Pitt, the art lover, seems to have a good eye: the previous record for a Churchill painting was about $ 2.5 million.
Sources previously told us that Pitt’s role in Quentin Tarantino’s World War II drama, “Inglouri Bustards”, helped inspire his interest in Churchill’s work. He and Jolie reportedly once went to the Churchill War Room together in the UK for a private tour.
Bill Rau of Ms Rau told page six of the record-breaking Monday sale: “When we sold the ‘Que Tower of the Coutubia Mosque’ by Winston Churchill, it was worth only $ 3 million, the fair price for such historic work. Was. The fact that it sold for auction [$11.5 million] Just goes to show you that important pieces will remain iconic and receive top dollar. There has been an unprecedented journey from gift to US President to painting [Churchill gave it to Franklin D. Roosevelt]Owned by the most famous pair in Hollywood, being hidden away in a closet for almost half a century. I am thrilled that Ms Rau was able to bring this wonderful piece to the headlines again. “
Before Pitt bought it, the painting was given to his son from FDR, who in 1950 sold it to an art collector in Nebraska. This was later followed by a filmmaker, Norman G. Hickman, who was featured in the 1964 Churchill-themed film, “The Finest Hours”. The painting was left to Hickey’s relatives after he died, and Wound in a closet for 15 years By the time it was sold by Rau.
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