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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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- bronze on marble base
- 12Ό x 6 x 3in. (31.12 x 15.24 x 7.62cm)
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'QUARE BIRD, 1993'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- painted steel on granite base; (unique)
- 24.5 by 24in., 62.23 by 60.96cm.
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'NINE BIRDS IN A SPIRAL'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 25 April 2006
- 51 by 0cm., 20 by 0in.
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'TITANIC'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- bronze on Kilkenny Marble base
- 51 by 0cm., 20 by in.
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'BULL, 1980'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 29 November 2021
- bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 12)
- 7½ x 16Ό x 5½in. (19.05 x 41.28 x 13.97cm)
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS, 2009/10'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 16 September 2019
- bronze
- 18½ x 14in. (46.99 x 35.56cm)
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 2,900
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- welded bronze on Kilkenny black marble base; unique
- 42 by 27cm., 16.5 by 10.5in.
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'BULL'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 29 February 2016
- bronze on white marble base
- 10 x 23 x 7½in. (25.40 x 58.42 x
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'THE EMIGRANTS'
- Price Realised: 2,800
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- bronze on circular stone base; (unique)
- 12 x 13in. (30.48 x 33.02cm)
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'CHINESE WARRIOR'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 28 September 2020
- welded bronze on stone base
- 23 x 14 x 7in. (58.42 x 35.56 x 17.78cm)
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'DOVES'
- Price Realised: 2,700
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- bronze
- 5Ύ x 15 x 7½in. (14.61 x 38.10 x 19.05cm)
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'THE POLE VAULTER'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- bronze with marble base; (unique)
- 22 x 18 x 8½in. (55.88 x 45.72 x 21.59cm)
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'BOYNE SPIRIT BOAT, c.2005'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- bronze on bronze base
- 16Ύ x 21 x 4in. (42.55 x 53.34 x 10.16cm)
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- bronze on black marble base; (unique)
- 19.25 by 12 by 6in., 48.125 by 30 by 15cm.
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'FAMINE BOAT'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 17 February 2004
- bronze
- 23 by 44cm., 9 by 17.5in.
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'JAMES JOYCE'
- Price Realised: 2,600
- Sale: 17 September 2002
- bronze
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'SHARE THE FEELING, 2003'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- bronze; (no. 9 from an edition of 100)
- 9½ x 8Ό x 5½in. (24.13 x 20.96 x 13.97cm)
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'FLOCK OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- bronze on white marble base; (unique)
- 10.60 x 13½ x 12in. (26.92 x 34.
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'PREDATORY BULL'
- Price Realised: 2,500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- cast bronze, unique
- 36 by 0cm., 14 by 0in.
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'FERDIA AND CΪCHULAINN'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 24 November 2014
- gilded bronze on polished limestone base; (unique)
- 13 x 13 x 6in. (33.02 x 33.02 x
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'FERDIA AND CΪCHULAINN'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 29 September 2014
- gold coloured bronze on white marble base
- 11 by 11in., 27.5 by 27.5cm.
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'FLIGHT OF BIRDS'
- Price Realised: 2,400
- Sale: 30 November 2004
- unique bronze sculpture on marble plinth
- 48 by 61cm., 19 by 24in.
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'FLY (NOEL MANNION HEADS FOR THE WELSH LINE), 1988'
- Price Realised: 2,200
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- bronze on black marble base; (unique)
- 14.75 by 8in., 37.465 by 20.32cm.
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'THREE JOLLY PIGEONS'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- bronze; (unique)
- 15 x 8 x 7in. (38.10 x 20.32 x 17.78cm)
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'SPANISH BULL'
- Price Realised: 2,100
- Sale: 26 November 2012
- bronze on wooden base
- 6 by 14in., 15.24 by 35.56cm.
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'BIRD IN FLIGHT'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 02 October 2023
- bronze on Connemara marble; (unique)
- 13½ x 20 x 12in. (34.29 x 50.80 x 30.48cm)
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'HORSE, c.1966'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- bronze on black marble base; (unique)
- 12.5 by 9in., 31.25 by 22.5cm.
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'RECLINING NUDE'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 22 February 2005
- cast bronze on a marble plinth
- 13 by 0cm., 5 by 0in.