“The person who stole this is not an art lover, they are not a photography lover,” he added. “Somebody had to deal with this in a premeditated fashion. This was not a spur of the moment ‘Let me take this off the wall by a guest,” Marinello told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa at Work with Graham Richardson. Photo could fetch six figures at auction: expertĮarlier Tuesday, before the timeframe of the theft was established, an art recovery expert said whoever stole the photograph would likely try to sell it quickly, adding the photo could fetch six figures at auction.Ĭhristopher Marinello, the founder and CEO of Art Recovery International and one of the world’s top experts in recovering stolen art, said the thief-or thieves-will likely try to sell the photograph through an auction house that doesn’t do proper due diligence on its source. Karsh famously took Churchill’s cigar from him just before the photo session on Parliament Hill, which led the prime minister to scowl at the camera. It is known for Churchill’s resolute expression and posture, which many saw as a reflection of wartime feelings in Britain at the time-taking a stand against the encroaching threat of Nazism. Yousuf Karsh's best-known portrait of Sir Winston Churchill appears on the reverse side of The Bank of England £5 note. It remains on the British five-pound note and has graced stamps and magazine covers. The photo was taken in December 1941 and is Karsh’s best-known portrait. Ottawa police are also investigating the theft. “I will sincerely ask people if they know anything, hear anything, seen anything, or if somebody tries to sell you that picture, please let us know. “It was done professionally, was very similar to the original. “I’ve been showing this picture almost daily to guests and we could never notice,” Dumas said. They then discovered the portrait’s frame did not match the other Karsh frames that are hung in the hotel’s reading lounge. Over the weekend, hotel officials noticed the photograph was not hung properly.
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“We’ve been able to narrow the date between December 25 and January 6, 2022,” Geneviève Dumas, the hotel’s general manager, said in an interview. They have established that the photograph was stolen in late 2021 or early 2022, about eight months ago. On Tuesday, hotel officials said they had analyzed pictures sent in by members of the public with the portrait in the background to determine whether they included the original or the copy. Hotel officials discovered over the weekend that it had been taken and replaced by a copy. The iconic portrait by Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh is among the most reproduced photographs of the 20th century. The photograph of Sir Winston Churchill taken from Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel was stolen about eight months ago and replaced with a copy, hotel officials said Tuesday.
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