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John Behan: career timeline

Irish · b. 1938 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 235 of 485 lots (48% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

John Behan: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1960s139$436Sign upLithograph
1970s4837$2.3kSign upSculpture
1980s128$2.1kSign upSculpture
1990s1817$3.7kSign upSculpture
2000s4540$3.7kSign upSculpture
2010s6154$6.7kSign upSculpture
2020s3735$7.6kSign upSculpture

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1960s 13 works

Sold
9 of 13
Median
$436Sign up
Average
$664Sign up
Typical size
19.5 × 14.5 in (50 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Oil (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Cattle & animals (2)
Show 1 more (1960s)

1970s 48 works

Sold
37 of 48
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
16 × 14 in (40 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (36), Watercolor (4), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (15), Birds (10), Figures & portraits (6)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 12 works

Sold
8 of 12
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 16.5 in (39 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (8), Watercolor (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1), Birds (1)

1990s 18 works

Sold
17 of 18
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (12), Oil (3), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (6), Birds (3)
Show 6 more (1990s)

2000s 45 works

Sold
40 of 45
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$6.4kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 14 in (44 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (41), Mixed media (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
Boats (10), Cattle & animals (9), Birds (3)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 61 works

Sold
54 of 61
Median
$6.7kSign up
Average
$7.3kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 16 in (47 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (57), Mixed media (3), Other (1)
Subjects
Boats (18), Cattle & animals (13), Birds (5)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 37 works

Sold
35 of 37
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$9kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 16 in (49 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (36), Other (1)
Subjects
Boats (17), Birds (9), Cattle & animals (3)
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

249 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 20 works

Sold
14 of 20
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$5.2kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 15.5 in (52 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (18), Other (2)
Subjects
Birds (5), Boats (1), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 109 works

Sold
97 of 109
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
15 × 13 in (38 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (86), Other (19), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Boats (19), Birds (17), Cattle & animals (7)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 97 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 120 works

Sold
105 of 120
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (109), Other (7), Etching (2)
Subjects
Birds (29), Boats (24), Cattle & animals (22)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 108 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All John Behan auction results →