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When Sir Winston Churchill,
the great British Prime minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November,
1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modern artist, Graham
Sutherland. The painting had been ordered and paid for to 1 the Grand Old Man of World War II.
Sir Winston and Lady Churchill
were deeply moved by this 2 of respect and affection. 3 of them, of course, allowed the others to
see how much they both disliked the portrait. “It makes me look 4 ---which I am not!” protested
Churchill in private(私下).
5 , he only remarked that it was “a
fine example of modern art”. His friends smiled; it was well known that
Churchill didn’t 6 modern art.
Churchill was so unhappy
about the portrait that finally his wife had it
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Churchill died at ninety in 1965. Lady Churchill 8
him in 1977. Shortly
after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 9 , and a heated argument broke out.
The painter was 10 sad. The artist community, shocked and 11 , said that the destruction of the
picture had been a crime(罪行).
Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of (a) 12 document. All agreed that the Churchills didn’t have the 13 to do what they had done.
Graham Sutherland had told
Churchill that he would 14 him “as he saw him.” Churchill never had
a chance to see the work in 15 since the painter
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show it to him. He found out only 17 he received his present that Sutherland
had seen him 18 a heavy, sick, tired old man. Since he
hated old age, he was naturally 19 .
Who has the right to a work
of art---the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it? Was the portrait a
good one, as many (including the painter) said? Or was it bad as others
thought? None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s 20 .