Lot 29
DEMPSEY BOB (b. 1948)
Lot 29 Details
DEMPSEY BOB (b. 1948), Tahltan, Tlingit
UNTITLED, 2003
bronze
signed, dated and numbered 1/12
5.5 x 4 x 4 in — 14 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm
Estimate $1,000-$2,000
Realised: $3,690
Price Includes Buyer's Premium
Important:
This lot is located in Vancouver. Local pick up by special arrangement; shipment from Vancouver only.
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Provenance:
Estate of Kenneth and Eunice Barron, Edmonton, AB
Note:
Speaking of his much sought-after bronze work, Bob said: "Bronze has a different feel to it. It's new, and it's a challenge to make it good. Our people were great sculptors. They knew as much about sculpture as any other great cultures in the world. The great old Northwest Coast pieces in wood would make great bronze sculptures today. Tlingit people made copper masks, frontlets, jewelry, rattles and bronzes in 90% copper".
His work is in many important museum and gallery collections including the Canadian Museum of History; the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology; the Columbia Museum of Ethnology; the Smithsonian Institution; the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan; Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerskkunde in Hamburg, Germany and the Royal British Columbia Museum. In 2013, Bob received the Order of Canada for his work as a teacher and an artist. It is one of Canada's highest civilian orders, recognizing a lifetime of outstanding achievement and merit of the highest degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.