A painting by the 19th century American artist Winslow Homer was pulled from a New York auction on 21 May, after a claim was made by one of the artist’s family.

The watercolour, Children under a Palm Tree, was presented to Sotheby’s auction house earlier this year after being discovered on the BBC One show.

It had been rescued from a fly tip in Ireland more than twenty years ago, and was identified by art dealer Philip Mould.

A spokeswoman for Sotheby’s said the auction house had contacted “descendants of the family to whom it had been linked, who advised us they had no claim”.

Posted: 05|29|09 at 3:27 pm. Filed under: Auction News.