The famous 'Washington Crossing the ' painting, which hung in the from the 1970s to 2014, is coming up for auction next month, when it is estimated to fetch about $20million.The 1851 oil painting is one of three versions painted by Emanuel Leutze of the man who was to be the first U.S. president leading troops during a key moment of the American revolution. Only two survive.The first version was destroyed during a World War Two air raid in , said American Art specialist Paige Kestenman at Christie's New York.
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