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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL

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WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL
(1874 - 1965) British Prime Minister who led England through the Blitz and orchestrated the British liberation of occupied Europe and Germany. Churchill is today considered perhaps the greatest statesman of this century. Fine association T.L.S. "Winston S. Churchill" on his London letterhead, 1p. 4to., Cap Martin, Feb. 20, 1957. Churchill writes to Swiss paint manufacturer Willy Sax: ?...I was certainly not offended by your suggestion, but I think that you are right to decide not to publish for the present??. Folds, else very good, with transmittal envelope. Willy Sax (1898-1964) was a respected Swiss paint manufacturer and friend of many well-known painters. Churchill?s friendship with Sax seems to have begun in 1946 and for the next eighteen years they corresponded. Churchill ordered paints, asked for advice about technical aspects of paints and painting, etc.; they also met on a number of occasions. Sax decided not to publish his book during his lifetime, but it eventually appeared in 1995 entitled: "Paints for Churchill?s Canvas".