A Winston Churchill portrait by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction

A portrait of the iconic former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, painted by Graham Sutherland in 1954, on view at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England. Photo: AP

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.

The painting by modernist artist Graham Sutherland was made in preparation for a larger portrait that Churchill hated and which was later destroyed - an episode recounted in the TV series The Crown.