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Property from the Collection of
Winston F.C. and

C.Z. Guest

(Lots 800–810)

Winston Frederick Churchill Guest
(1906-1982) and his wife C. Z. Guest
(1920-2003) at a party held in honor of
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at
the Waldorf Astoria, Park Lane, New
York, 1953. (Photo by Slim Aarons/
Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906-
1982年) 及其妻 C. Z. Guest (1920-2003年)
於1953年在紐約華爾道夫酒店出席致敬
溫莎公爵及公爵夫人之宴會 (圖片：Slim
Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, born in England in 1906 works in the collection were purchased by Mr. Guest in the mid-20th century,
and named after his godfather and his father’s best friend and cousin, Sir following the war, through his close friend Ralph M. Chait, of Chait Galleries,
Winston Churchill, was raised in the company of great men. His father, and through C.T. Loo, also a predominant Chinese art dealer of the period.
Captain the Right Honourable Frederick E. Guest, a grandson of the 7th
Duke of Marlborough, was a Member of Parliament and held the post of In 1947, he married the love of his life, Lucy Douglas Cochrane, of Boston,
Britain’s first Secretary of State for Air. His mother, Amy Phipps, daughter known to family and friends as C.Z., which stemmed from her young
of Henry Phipps of Pittsburgh who was a philanthropist and partner at brother’s attempt to call her ‘sister’. Ernest Hemingway stood witness as
Carnegie Steel Corporation, harnessed her considerable resources to best man at the ceremony in Havana, Cuba. As a style icon of New York
fulfill her deep interest in aviation and to realize its value in the future of high society, Mrs. Guest graced the covers of Time magazine and Town
world transportation. & Country, among many others. With their unbridled enthusiasm, high
standards and unrivaled sense of style, C.Z. and Winston F. C. Guest became
one of the most iconic taste-making couples of 20th century America.
Mr. Guest was not only a devoted student (while attending Yale University
and Columbia Law School he developed fluency in French and Spanish), but The following section (lots 800-810) presents selected Chinese works of art
also an avid sportsman and Polo Hall of Fame 10 Goal player. He later served from the collection of Winston F. C. and C.Z. Guest. Christie’s is also honored
as Captain in the United States Marine Corps in World War II, and during his to offer Western decorative arts in The Exceptional Sale and The Collector
overseas travels he began his exceptional art collection. Many of the Chinese Sale later in the Fall.

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