Dempsey Bob

黑料不打烊

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Canadian | 1948

Dempsey Bob is a Canadian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1948.

How much does a Dempsey Bob cost?

Dempsey Bob's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 200 USD to 11,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Dempsey Bob's most expensive sculpture?

Since 2018 the record price for this artist at auction is 11,000 USD for Eagle/Human Mask, sold at Santa Fe Art Auction in 2023.

Where can I see Dempsey Bob's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts have featured Dempsey Bob's work in the past.

Dempsey Bob in the news

Dempsey Bob has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Forbes in June 2023.

At Auction

Notable Lots

UNTITLED, 2003 ,2003

By Dempsey Bob

+145%

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Raven Traveling with Sculpin

By Dempsey Bob

+22%

above mid-estimate

Raven Travelling with Sculpin

By Dempsey Bob

-29%

below mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

Raven Traveling with Sculpin

By Dempsey Bob

+22%

above mid-estimate

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FROG TOTEM; 2000 ,2000

By Dempsey Bob

+83%

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Eagle/Human Mask ,2001

By Dempsey Bob

+633%

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Past Exhibitions

Transformations: The George and Colleen Hoyt Collection of Northwest Coast Art

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University

Salem | Oregon | USA

17 Sep, 2022 - 17 Dec, 2022

Dempsey Bob: Salmon

Equinox Gallery

Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada

06 Sep, 2024 - 12 Oct, 2024

Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Montreal | Quebec | Canada

18 May, 2023 - 10 Sep, 2023

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Articles

Dempsey Bob Wood Carvings at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Forbes 24 Jun, 2023

Tahltan-Tlingit artist Dempsey Bob (b. 1948, Telegraph Creek, BC) has a story about frogs handed down from his grandfather.

Summer 2023 Brings New Draws for Visitors at Canada鈥檚 Galleries and Museums

The Globe and Mail 17 May, 2023

Canada鈥檚 museums and galleries will be busy this summer.

Dempsey Bob鈥檚 Masterful Wood Carvings Gets the Retrospective Treatment with Wolves

The Globe and Mail 28 May, 2022

For Dempsey Bob, walking into the Audain Art Museum in Whistler felt like a reunion: all of these pieces he had made over so many years, back together again.

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