Lot 122 · Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection
Au travail: a creative talent
David Oyens · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $5,114–$7,670
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection, New York · 26 October 2004
- Dimensions
- 39 x 31 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5881295
- Record
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David Oyens, Au travail: a creative talent. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 122. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5881295.
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David Oyens, Au travail: a creative talent. Christie's, 26 Oct 2004, lot 122. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5881295.
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From the same sale Evening Sale of Works from the Peter Norton Collection · Oct 2004
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shake a Tail Feather | Wangechi Mutu | $120,000–$180,000 | |
| Guitar Neck | Christian Marclay | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| From Our Side | Jim Hodge | $600,000–$800,000 | |
| In afwachting: looking out over sea | Jozef Israels | €3,000–€5,000 | |
| Giggling with grandmother | Luigi Mion | €12,000–€16,000 | |
| Prunes and a peach | Philippe Rousseau | €5,000–€7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Oyens | 'Dans l'Atelier de l'Artiste' | $6,112 | Christie's, Jun 1998 | |
| Charles Henri Joseph Leickert | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Jun 2022 | ||
| David Oyens | The artist and his model | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| David Oyens | A maid warming left-overs on a stove | Christie's, Jan 2000 | ||
| Charles Henri Joseph Leickert | Fisherfolk on the beach near Scheveningen | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| Charles Henri Joseph Leickert | Winter street scene with figures | Bonhams, Nov 2022 | ||
| Charles Henri Joseph Leickert | River Landscape in Summer | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| David Oyens | a still life with slippers | Sotheby's, Mar 2007 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.