Lot 39 · Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale
A busy day on a sunlit town square
Kasparus Karsen · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- €10,000–€15,000 hammer ≈ $15,828–$23,742
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War & Contemporary Evening Sale, New York · 15 April 2008
- Dimensions
- 48.5 x 59.5 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423889
- Record
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Kasparus Karsen, A busy day on a sunlit town square. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423889.
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Kasparus Karsen, A busy day on a sunlit town square. Christie's, 15 Apr 2008, lot 39. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423889.
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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 | A capriccio view of a Dutch town | $25,260 | Christie's, Nov 2013 | |
| Kasparus Karsen | Horsemen on a quay in a Dutch town in summer | Christie's, May 2009 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | A fish market by De Waag on the Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam | Christie's, Nov 2013 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | A view of Koblenz with Ehrenbreitstein castle | Christie's, Apr 2006 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | Trading boats on a Dutch town canal | Bonhams, Mar 2018 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | A view of Koblenz with the castle of Stolzenfeld and the tow | Christie's, Nov 2015 | ||
| Isaac Israels | Huntsman Holding a Riding Crop | Sotheby's, Dec 2015 | ||
| Kasparus Karsen | figures in the streets of Katwijk | 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.