John Behan
Dublin-born sculptor, he studied in Dublin, London and Oslo. He has had major exhibitions with the Project Arts Centre (Dublin), Kenny Art Gallery (Galway), Emmet Gallery (Dublin), and has participated in the RHA, the Independent Artists and the Oireachtas annual exhibitions. He is well known for large public sculptural works including the National Famine Memorial
Murrisk, Co. Mayo and Arrival: A New Dawn, United Nations Headquarters, New York. Represented in the collections of The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, An Chomhairle Ealai(fadda)on / The Arts Council, Irish Life Centre (Dublin) and the Insurance Corporation of Ireland. Behan is a member of the RHA and Aosdΰna.
Murrisk, Co. Mayo and Arrival: A New Dawn, United Nations Headquarters, New York. Represented in the collections of The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, An Chomhairle Ealai(fadda)on / The Arts Council, Irish Life Centre (Dublin) and the Insurance Corporation of Ireland. Behan is a member of the RHA and Aosdΰna.
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'DANCING RABBIS, 2005'
- Price Realised: 16,500
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- bronze; (unique)
- 13½ x 25½ x 21in. (34.29 x 64.77 x 53.34cm)
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'FAMINE SHIP, 2014'
- Price Realised: 16,000
- Sale: 27 September 2021
- bronze; (unique)
- 27 x 28Ύ x 13in. (68.58 x 73.03 x 33.02cm)
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'EASTER BULL, 2005'
- Price Realised: 11,500
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- bronze (unique)
- 79 by 25cm., 31 by 10in.
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'OARBOAT, 2006'
- Price Realised: 10,500
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- bronze
- 18½ x 9 x 24in. (46.99 x 22.86 x 60.96cm)
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'FAMINE SHIP'
- Price Realised: 10,000
- Sale: 29 November 2010
- bronze (unique)
- 86 by 98cm., 34 by 38.5in.
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'THE CHARGING BULL, 1994'
- Price Realised: 8,500
- Sale: 28 April 2008
- bronze and steel on a marble base; unique
- 36 by 89cm., 14 by 35in.
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'BIRDS IN FLIGHT, 1979'
- Price Realised: 8,000
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- bronze on white marble base; (unique)
- 21 x 8in. (53.34 x 20.32cm)
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'PILGRIM SHIP, 2008'
- Price Realised: 7,800
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- bronze (unique)
- 69 by 69 by 7.5cm, 27 by 27 by 3 in.
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'BULL, 1998'
- Price Realised: 7,400
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- bronze (unique)
- 43 by 79cm., 17 by 31in.
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'FISH'
- Price Realised: 7,000
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- welded steel on granite base; unique
- 56 by 66cm., 22 by 26in.
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'PΑISTΝ, 2007'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- bronze
- 17Ό x 11 x 7½in. (43.82 x 27.94 x 19.05cm)
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'PADDY MCGINTY'S GOAT'
- Price Realised: 6,000
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- cast bronze on marble plinth, unique
- 24 by 0cm., 9.5 by in.
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'HORSE AND RIDER'
- Price Realised: 5,600
- Sale: 19 September 2006
- soldered iron rods; unique
- 50 cm., 19.5 in. high
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'SAINT FRANCIS AND THE BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- bronze on marble base; (unique)
- 40 x 20Ό x 9in. (101.60 x 51.44 x 22.86cm)
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'SAINT FRANCIS AND THE BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- bronze on white marble base
- 34 x 18 x 6in. (86.36 x 45.72 x 15.24cm)
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'ARCHER'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- bronze on black marble base
- 25 x 9 x 20in. (63½ x 22.86 x 50.80cm)
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'BULL, 2006'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- bronze; (no. 9 from an edition of 9)
- 13Ό x 22½ x 7in. (33.66 x 57.15 x 17.78cm)
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'SAINT FRANCIS AND THE BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 5,200
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- bronze on white marble base
- 38 by 20 by 8in., 95 by 50 by 20cm.
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'FROM THE DEEP'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- unique bronze sculpture mounted on a wooden pedestal
- 56 by 89cm., 22 by 35in.
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 5,000
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- cast bronze on a marble plinth
- 51 by 0cm., 20 by in.
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'HEAD AND FLIGHT OF BIRDS, 1977'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 26 September 2022
- bronze; (no. 2 from an edition of 6)
- 20Ύ x 10 x 7in. (52.71 x 25.40 x 17.78cm)
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'BIRDS IN FLIGHT, 1971'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- steel; (in two parts); (unique)
- 29 by 49 by 6in., 72.5 by 122.5 by 15cm.
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'MOTHER AND CHILD'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 21 February 2006
- cast bronze on a black marble plinth (unique)
- 46 by 0cm., 18 by 0in.
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'BISON, 1998'
- Price Realised: 4,600
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- bronze; (unique)
- 11.5 by 14.5 by 4.5in., 28.75 by 36.25 by 11.25cm.
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'FOUR FIGURES'
- Price Realised: 4,400
- Sale: 28 September 2015
- bronze with green patina on bronze base; (unique)
- 9 x 4 x 4½in. (22.86 x 10.16 x 1
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'TIPPERARY BULL, 1979'
- Price Realised: 4,400
- Sale: 31 May 2010
- bronze (no. 2 from an edition of 9)
- 41 by 64cm., 16 by 25in.
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'FIGHTING BULL, 1998'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- bronze; (unique)
- 12½ x 23 x 4in. (31Ύ x 58.42 x 1
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'CHARGING BULL'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- bronze on white marble base; (unique)
- 6.80 x 15 x 7in. (17.27 x 38.10