A Winston Churchill painting, *Churchill’s Marrakech* (circa 1935), sold for $1.3 million at Heffel Fine Art Auction House in Toronto, more than double its high estimate of $600,000. The work was the top lot in a 27-lot sale of deaccessioned works from the Hudson’s Bay Company corporate collection, which realized $4.9 million in total hammer price. Churchill had gifted the painting to his wife, Lady Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, who donated it to Hudson’s Bay in 1956.
The sale underscores continued demand for Churchill’s late-career landscapes, particularly his Moroccan views, which have grown steadily in market interest over the past decade. While far below Churchill’s auction record of £8.3 million set in 2021 for *The Tower of Koutoubia Mosque*, the result is notable for a regional Canadian auction, highlighting the crossover appeal of a statesman-artist whose works blend political history with personal retreat.