AMER AUGUST 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, August 24, 2015.
ATTRIBUTED TO JMW TURNER (English, 1775-1851) "NEAR SHOREHAM 1847"Watercolor on paper
Housed in a modern gilt frame with watercolor highlighted mat
Unsigned, titled and dated on reverse in pen SIZE: Actual 5" h x 8-1/3" w. Overall 13-1/2" h x 16-1/2" w. PROVENANCE: From a coastal Maine collection. Accompanying the lot is a copy of a Gimbel Brothers, New York, typed letter concerning the purchase and the enclosing of a certificate issued by Hammer Galleries and a copy of this letter is accompanying the lot. The Hammer Galleries letter indicates that the piece is from the JMW Turner collection of the late John Anderson Jr. Author of "The Unknown Turner" founder of the Anderson Galleries dated 1941. CONDITION: Some toning, upper right corner with repair, good. 49361-1 WAG (15,000-25,000)