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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'LOVER (SEVEN AGES OF BULL), 2018'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 06 June 2022
- bronze; (unique)
- 14 x 20 x 6½in. (35.56 x 50.80 x 16.51cm)
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'BOAR, 1999'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- bronze; (unique)
- 11 x 21 x 4in. (27.94 x 53.34 x
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- bronze with gold patina on stone base
- 16 x 8 x 8in. (40.64 x 20.32 x 20.32cm)
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'WARRIOR AND BIRD'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 29 May 2023
- bronze on black marble base
- 18½ x 8 x 6½in. (46.99 x 20.32 x 16.51cm)
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'BULL, 2008'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- bronze; (unique)
- 12½ x 18 x 6in. (31Ύ x 45.72 x 15.24cm)
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- bronze
- 20 x 12in. (50.80 x 30.48cm)
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'RHINOCEROS'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 17 September 2007
- bronze on a polished granite base
- 23 by 39cm., 9 by 15.5in.
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'THE CHILDREN OF LIR'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- cast bronze with a green patina
- 43 by 0cm., 17 by in.
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS, 1975'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 31 May 2021
- bronze on limestone base
- 9 x 10 x 5½in. (22.86 x 25.40 x 13.97cm)
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'DAEDALUS'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- bronze
- 17 x 22½ x 3½in. (43.18 x 57.15 x 8.89cm)
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'BULL, 1990'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- bronze on black marble base
- 8 x 18 x 8½in. (20.32 x 45.72 x
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'GIRL WITH PIDGEONS, 1981'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- bronze on wooden base
- 39 by 18cm., 15.5 by 7in.
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'THREE SMALL BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 29 November 2005
- bronze on a granite base (unique)
- 51 by 0cm., 20 by in.
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'BIRDS IN FLIGHT'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- cast bronze on marble plinth; (no. 1 from an edition of 9)
- 38 by 0cm., 15 by 0in.
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'DEIRDRE'
- Price Realised: 3,500
- Sale: 30 April 2007
- welded bronze and steel on a marble plinth
- 38 cm., 15 in. high
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'BULL, 1990'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 27 May 2024
- bronze on black marble base
- 9½ x 19 x 5½in. (24.13 x 48.26 x 13.97cm)
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'QUEEN MAEVE, c.1975'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- bronze on black marble base; unique
- 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.
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'TWO BIRDS IN FLIGHT'
- Price Realised: 3,400
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- cast bronze on a stone base
- 53 by 0cm., 21 by in.
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'SHARE THE FEELING, 2003'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- bronze; (no. 6 from an edition of 100)
- 10Ύ x 9 x 6in. (27.31 x 22.86 x 15.24cm)
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'TITANIC (HOMAGE TO ANTHONY CRONIN)'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- welded copper; (unique)
- 19 x 16 x 10Όin. (48.26 x 40.64 x 26.04cm)
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'BOYS OF SUMMER'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- bronze and welded steel on stone base
- 28 x 10½ x 8in. (71.12 x 26.67 x 20.32cm)
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'THE RABBI'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 27 May 2019
- bronze; (1) signed; 24 by 8in. (70 by 20.3cm) lithograph; (1) (no. 48 from an edition of 80)
- 19Ό x 12in. (48.90 x 30.48cm)
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'BULL, 2007'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 26 November 2018
- bronze
- 11 x 11½ x 5in. (27.94 x 29.21 x 12.70cm)
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'QUEEN MAEVE, 1979'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- bronze; (no. 4 from an edition of 9)
- 15½ x 9½ x 3in. (39.37 x 24.13 x 7.62cm)
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'SHOAL OF FISH'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- bronze on granite base
- 15.5 by 22.5in., 38.75 by 56.25cm.
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'BIRD'
- Price Realised: 3,100
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- bronze on stone base with fossilised fish
- 28 x 20 x 30½in. (71.12 x 50.80 x 77.47cm)
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'UNTITLED, 2000'
- Price Realised: 3,100
- Sale: 25 May 2015
- bronze; (unique)
- 16½ x 21½ x 9in. (41.91 x 54.61
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'BULL'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- bronze
- 9½ x 13½ x 6in. (24.13 x 34.29 x 15.24cm)