Gorringe's Spring Fine Sale - 12th March 2024 starting 10am

Lot 8
Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965) - A plaster
maquette for Head of Sir Winston Churchill
by Oscar Nemon (1906-1985), with brown
patination, 15cm high, together with three original
negatives from Nemon’s studio of the work in
progress on the bust and black and white prints of
same.
Provenance: The Churchill family
Lot 9
£800 - 1,200
Oscar Nemon (1906-1985) - A maquette for -
“Married Love’’, depicting Sir Winston Churchill
and Clementine Churchill, plaster with a
verdigris patination, 39cm wide, 27cm high, raised
on a shaped mahogany plinth.
Note: Oscar Nemon (1906-1985) created a plaster
maquette depicting Sir Winston Churchill and Lady
Churchill seated on a bench, famously named
‘Married Love,’ at the request of Lady Churchill, in
1978. Impressed by Nemon’s earlier portrayal of
her husband on Westerham Green, she remarked,
‘This is how I see him and that is how I love him,’
prompting her to sit for Nemon in her London
residence. This allowed the sculptor to incorporate
her likeness alongside her husband’s in the final
sculpture. The full-size bronze versions of this
sculpture can be found at Chartwell and in Kansas
City, America.
Lot 10
£4,000 - 6,000
Churchill, Winston S. (1874-1965) - From Sir
Winston’s London home at 28, Hyde Park Gate -
Two similar Louis XVI provincial open armchairs,
the stained beech frames, upholstered in pale blue
cotton velvet, raised on tapered, fluted legs, one a
replacement, together with the Knight, Frank and
Rutley property auction sales brochure for 28, Hyde
Park Gate, dated 28th October, 1965, where the
chairs are illustrated in the Study, the KFR Country
Life page advert for the sale and three black white
original press photographs showing events outside
the property, including riders offering birthday wishes
to celebrate Sir Winston’s 86th birthday
£3,000 - 5,000
Lot 11
A collection of letters and other memorabilia
regarding the unveiling of the Oscar Nemon
(1906-1985) bronze statue of the seated figure of
Sir Winston Churchill on The Green, Westerham
by Baroness Spencer-Churchill and Sir Robert
Menzies, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, on 23rd
July 1969, comprising: correspondence between
Major I M Calvocoressi (a trustee of the Winston
Churchill Fund Westerham) and Lady Churchill’s
private secretary, European ambassadors to
The Court of St James’s, Lady Avon (wife of the
former Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden), Lord
Cornwallis (Lord Lieutenant of Kent) and Col. Sir
Stuart Mallinson; two US press photographs of the
Churchill and Soames families at the ceremony
and another photograph of the statue; three Orders
of Service for memorial services at Coventry
Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral and Westerham
Parish Church; a metal plaque enamelled with
Churchill’s coat-of-arms; and two centenary event
programmes; a manuscript letter from Oscar
Nemon, to Capt. Evans , dated 31.5.70 - ‘’Dear
Capt. Evans,[Capt. R. Evans, Chairman of the
Trustees of the Winston Churchill Fund-Westerham]
Thank you for your letter. I thought my proposal was
the best solution in the circumstances. So far there
has been no plans for a copy, and I was merely
seeking the freedom to make such a copy should
the occasion arise.I am glad this meets with your
approval. It is pleasant for me to hear that the statue
is appreciated. Yours sincerely, Oscar Nemon’’; H.
W. Thompson - ‘’Statue of ‘’Churchill 1874-1965,
Westerham Green’’, pencil, signed and inscribed,
28 x 17cm. and a 33rpm EP recording of Unveiling
of Sir Winston Churchill’s statue at Westerham 23rd
July, 1969.
£250 - 350
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