A painting of a hated portrait of a man by an artist is up for auction

Version of Churchill's hated portrait immortalized in 'The Crown' goes up for auction. Commissioned for the-then Prime Minister’s 80th birthday, the much-maligned and ultimately destroyed painting has another, earlier version set to go under the hammer.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work the British leader loathed went on display Tuesday at Churchill’s birthplace ahead of an auction in June. A painting of Churchill by a painter whose work he loathed is up for auction. The painting will be auctioned in June in London.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he loathed is going up for auction. The portrait of the British leader is going to be auctioned at auction in London. It was painted by a painter whose work the leader loathed, and Churchill loathed.

The Houses of Parliament commissioned British artist Graham Sutherland to paint a portrait of the then prime minister for his 80th birthday in 1954. Graham Sutherland painted the portrait of Churchill in 1954 for his then-80th birthday. The Crown is set to be shown in cinemas on Friday.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he loathed is going up for auction. The portrait of the British leader is going to be auctioned at auction in London. It was painted by a painter whose work the leader loathed, and Churchill loathed.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he loathed is going up for auction. The portrait of the British leader is going to be auctioned at auction in London. It was painted by a painter whose work the leader loathed, and Churchill loathed.

A portrait of Winston Churchill by modernist artist Graham Sutherland went on display Tuesday ahead of an auction in June. The British leader loathed the artist's work; he loathed his portrait. A painting of Churchill by the artist whose work he hated is up for auction.