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THBBob Lehman (Born 1947) American, Gourd and Found Objects Whimsical Wall Sculpture
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveMar 29, 2025
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 1 of our 2 day auction weekend! There are multiple lots of fine art from mixed medias and abstracts to landscapes and lithographs. We have a Bill Mack Swarovsky Crystal Sculpture, Movie Ephemera, Modern Furniture, Art Glass Sculptures, Park West Gallery Artworks, and more. Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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Bob Lehman (born 1947) American, Gourd and Found Objects Whimsical Wall Sculpture. Lehman's most iconic sculptures are his "gourd heads," Muppet-like visages that use the natural form of gourd pods combined with many other seeds and grains to create the hair, eyes, and earrings. Proboscis is intact, ears can be disconnected for easy travel. Signed on the bottom edge of the back.
Size: 29 x 48 x 22 1/2 in.
Robert “Bob” Lehman was born on May 13th, 1947 in Montclair, New Jersey. As a youth he developed an affinity to nature that became foundational to his later interest in art. During high school he experimented with collage, incorporating acorns, leaves, and other found objects from walks in the surrounding woods. He attended Montclair State College (now University) where he focused on industrial arts, incorporating natural and man-made elements into sculptural forms. He met and married his wife Sandy who was also studying art at Montclair and encouraged him to explore painting and other mediums. In the early 1970s they moved to Frederick, Maryland where Bob was part of the long-term renovation efforts of the historic district, and they first attended an art festival in 1974, operating separate booths. Over the next thirty years they began traveling extensively, attending art festivals and exhibitions up and down the East Coast, with Sandy gravitating to wildlife sculptures and shell art while Bob began crafting forms from hand-painted gourds, driftwood, and other unique materials. Their whimsical “Small Wonders” proved so popular they were able to open an online store in the 2000s, and they began sharing a booth at showings, consolidating their separate artistic endeavors under that name. After attending a festival in Melbourne, Florida in the early 2010s they fell in love with the area and moved there, opening their own home studio where they continue to work from.
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29 x 48 x 22 1/2 in.
