MW Turner’s watercolour Sunrise Over The Sea has handed public sale estimates to promote for greater than £1 million.

The “breathtakingly beautiful” piece options daring yellows, oranges and blues to seize the altering daylight over what's regarded as Margate seaside.

It had been anticipated to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000 throughout Christie’s Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours sale.

I'm completely thrilled with the end result for this breathtakingly lovely watercolour by Turner, which far exceeded our pre-sale expectations and flew above the estimate

On Tuesday Christie’s revealed the work had been bought for a complete of £1,032,200.

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Harriet Drummond, worldwide head of british drawings and watercolours on the auctioneer, stated the value had mirrored partially the care with which the portray had been stored.

“I am absolutely thrilled with the result for this breathtakingly beautiful watercolour by Turner, which far exceeded our pre-sale expectations and flew above the estimate,” Ms Drummond stated.

Sunrise Over The Sea is believed to have been created by Turner within the later years of his celebrated profession earlier than he died in 1851 aged 76.

The artist’s earliest reference to Margate may be traced again to the 1780s, when he was a young person, however it was from the early 1830s that he revisited the seaside on the north coast of Kent whereas he was researching scenes for art work and have become a daily customer.

The Turner Contemporary artwork gallery in Margate is on the positioning of the boarding home the place he stayed throughout his visits.

Sunrise Over The Sea was beforehand owned by Turner’s landlady in Margate, Sophia Caroline Booth.

Art collector Walter Brandt, who targeted on British watercolours, later acquired it.

Ms Drummond added: “The price reflects the curatorial care with which it had been looked after by the family of Walter Brandt, the importance of this notable provenance and the pervasive appeal of this subject – which evidently resonated with many collectors across continents.”