Lot 6 · Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
A sunlit town with a church beyond
Kasparus Karsen · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $6,331–$9,497
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale, New York · 15 April 2008
- Dimensions
- 33 x 42 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423859
- Record
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Kasparus Karsen, A sunlit town with a church beyond. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423859.
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Kasparus Karsen, A sunlit town with a church beyond. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 6. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423859.
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From the same sale Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale · Apr 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle on a riverbank | Hendrikus Van De Sande Bakhuyzen | €15,000–€20,000 | |
| Mint (Red) | Ed Ruscha | $2,500,000–$3,500,000 | |
| Black: Two Dots and Eleven | Alexander Calder | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | |
| Marching Figure | Bruce Nauman | $400,000–$600,000 | |
| Andrew Head/Andrew Head, Stacked | Bruce Nauman | $1,500,000–$2,500,000 | |
| Untitled (locomotive) | Robert Rauschenberg | $350,000–$550,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kasparus Karsen | Bruges, the Cathedral on the River , 1847 | $9,375 est. | Freeman's | Hindman, Oct 2019 | |
| Kasparus Karsen | A view of a town by a river | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2016 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | A view of the Kerksteeg with the Oude Kerk, Katwijk | Christie's, Nov 2016 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | The fishmarket | Christie's, Mar 2010 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | A calm waterway | Christie's, Mar 2017 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | Trading boats on a Dutch town canal | Bonhams, Mar 2018 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | children at play near a fishing village | Sotheby's, Apr 2006 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | a view of a waterside town | Sotheby's, Apr 2008 |
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.