Bob Wade Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Bob Wade Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 11, 2024
BOB Ã¢â¬ÅDADDY-OÃ¢â¬Â WADE (TX, 1943-2019) 'IGUANAMOBILE' AIRSTREAM TRAILER SCULPTURE
Est: $50,000 - $80,000
Mixed media vehicular sculpture, "Iguanamobile," Bob Wade (Texas, 1943-2019), 1995, reworked 1956 Bambi Airstream trailer with applied steel, fiberglass, canvas, sheet metal, and rubber, illuminated eyes, concealed smoke machine inside head, movable tongue, topped with oversized saddle, artist signed and dated [19]95 at front bumper, interior fitted with wrap-around upholstered bench seating, smoke machine and lights not currently operational, approx 9'6"h, 22'w, 7'2"d ***Note: Bob “Daddy-O” Wade (Texas, 1943-2019) was a prominent figure in the Austin art scene for over four decades. He gained notoriety for his forty-foot-long Iguana sculpture, nicknamed “Iggy,” that formerly donned the Lone Star Cafe in New York City, his Guinness World Record-breaking thirty-five-foot-tall cowboy boots in San Antonio, and his New Orleans Saints helmet, fashioned from an old Volkswagen Beetle, that currently sits atop Shoal Creek Saloon in Central Austin. After studying under notable artists like Charles Umlauf (Michigan, Texas, 1911-1994) and Everett Spruce (Texas, Arkansas, 1908-2002) at the University of Texas in the 1960s, Bob Wade quickly became a global ambassador to Texas culture, shaping the Texas Chic movement and the Cosmic Cowboy subculture of the 1970s. At the 1977 Paris Biennale, Wade’s “Texas Mobile Home Museum,” a 1947 Spartan trailer filled with Texas memorabilia, acquainted the French with the Lone Star State. Wade created the “Iguanamobile” in 1995 to publicize his book “Daddy-O: Iguana Heads and Texas Tails” on a state-wide book tour. This trip is documented in Karen Dinitz’s 1999 documentary “Too High, Too Wide, and Too Long.” The travel-trailer-turned-sculpture was then sold to the late Kevin Williamson (Texas, 1962-2021), a close friend who collaborated with Wade for his downtown Austin restaurant, Ranch 616. The “Iguanamobile” exemplifies Bob Wade’s unique ability to capture Texas’ larger-than-life cultural mythology by magnifying its most iconic symbols.***
Austin Auction Gallery
Oct. 22, 2022
Bob "Daddy-O" Wade Cowgirls and Harleys
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Bob "Daddy-O" Wade (American, 1943-2019) Cowgirls and Harleys, 1994 C-print ed. 34 of 50 Signed and dated in pen © Bob Wade '94, lower right Stremmel Gallery and Victoria Boyce Galleries tags, verso. Lot includes a copy of "Bob Wade's Cowgirls," published by Gibbs Smith, Salt Lake City, 2003, illustrating this image.
Larsen Art Auction
Sep. 24, 2022
Bob Wade (b.1943) Signed Limited Edition Photograph
Est: -
Titled: " Pancho Villa". Signed Marker In The Lower Left Hand Corner #8/50. Frame Measures Approximately 36in X 57in. Art Measures Approximately 26in X 27in. Nr12950 Zh
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Nov. 09, 2019
Bob Wade, Pancho Villa, 1988
Est: $500 - $1,000
BOB WADE (b. 1943) Pancho Villa , 1988 c print color photograph , 50 / 50 signed and dated lower right: BOB WADE '88 titled lower center: "PANCHO VILLA" editioned lower left: 50 / 50 Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches Framed Dimensions: 33 3/4 x 42 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches Provenance: From a Distinguished Private Collection, New Mexico
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 09, 2019
Bob Wade, 13 Cowgirls, 1985
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
BOB WADE (b. 1943) 13 Cowgirls , 1985 color photograph signed and dated lower right: BOB WADE © 85 Dimensions: 15 1/2 x 33 5/8 inches Framed Dimensions: 19 x 37 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 09, 2019
Bob Wade, Untitled (Group of American Indians)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
BOB WADE (b. 1943) Untitled (Group of American Indians) , 1986 color photograph signed and dated lower right: © BOB WADE '86 Dimensions: 16 x 35 1/4 inches Framed Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 39 x 1/2 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
Santa Fe Art Auction
Apr. 26, 2017
Bob Wade, "Cowgirls" Print
Est: $200 - $400
Bob Wade (American, b. 1943), "Cowgirls" print, signed lower right, dated " '88", numbered "33/50". Framed, not examined out of frame. Frame size: 38 1/2" high, 58" wide overall. Provenance: From a Westchester County NY Estate.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Mar. 29, 2017
Bob Wade, "Cowgirls" Print
Est: $200 - $400
Bob Wade (American, b. 1943) "Cowgirls" print, signed lower right, dated " '88", numbered "33/50". Framed, not examined out of frame. Frame size: 38 1/2" high, 58" wide overall.
Schwenke Auctioneers
Dec. 10, 2015
Bob Wade (1943-) "Cowgirls On A Fence" Ltd Ed
Est: $200 - $400
Artist: Bob Wade (1943-); Title: "Cowgirls On A Fence"; Medium: Photographic print; Year or Era Produced: Dated 1992; Signature: Ink signed in lower right; Edition Number: 18/50; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 27.75" x 51.25"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 29.25" x 52.5" x 1.75"; Approximate Weight: 14 lbs; Frame: Framed beneath glass
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
Nov. 20, 2010
BOB SCHROPE "DADDY-O" WADE (American, b.1943) Gusher Fi
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
BOB SCHROPE "DADDY-O" WADE (American, b.1943) Gusher Fire, 2008 Acrylic on digital canvas 36 x 24 inches (91.4 x 61.0 cm) Inscribed verso: "Gusher Fire" © Bob Wade '08 / B.S. Wade Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, Austin native and resident, is a modern Texas art legend. The Chicago Tribune called him a "legendary free spirit" who is "larger than life." Most famous for monumental sculptures and photo-realistic painting, his large sculptures are seen across Texas from San Antonio to Dallas to Abilene, and his paintings can be found in almost every art museum in the state. He has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and has had his work exhibited in Biennials in Paris, New Orleans, and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Daddy-O is known for painting photos and iconic images to look like vintage hand-tinted photography, allowing him to play with visual iconography and modern concepts of the old and new "American West" in Texas. He creates a surreal sense of the past and present colliding with a large measure of humor, playfulness, and self-proclaimed weirdness that characterizes his work.
Heritage Auctions
May. 15, 2010
Painted Horse
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
BOB "DADDY-O" WADE (American, b. 1943) Painted Horse Acrylic on linen 14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 16, 2009
BOB "DADDY-O" WADE (American, b. 1943) Daisy
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
BOB "DADDY-O" WADE (American, b. 1943) Daisy Belle, 1983 Bronze with patina 11 x 7 x 12 inches (27.9 x 17.8 x 30.5 cm) Ed. A/P Signed, numbered, and dated on base: Bob Wade A/P 1983 Bob "Daddy-O" Wade, Austin native and resident, is a modern Texas art legend. The Chicago Tribune called him a "legendary free spirit" who is "larger than life." Known for sculpture and photo-realistic painting, his large sculptures are seen across Texas from San Antonio to Dallas to Abilene. Daisy Belle is an example of his unique, amusing, and, in the words of the artist, "weird" approach to his art, especially when it comes to his sculpture. The bucking armadillo and rider are an iconoclastic parody of emblematic symbols of Art of the American West, the bronze sculptures by Charles M. Russell and Frederick Remington. Wade has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and has had his work exhibited in Biennials in Paris, New Orleans, and The Whitney Museum of Art in New York.
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 01, 2009
BOB SCHROPE WADE (AMERICAN 1943-), PAINTED PHOTO,
Est: $500 - $800
BOB SCHROPE WADE (AMERICAN 1943-), PAINTED PHOTO, PANCHO VILLA, SIGNED 1988. 31 X 53"; FRAMED AND GLAZED-33 1/2 X 55" ELAINE HORWICH GALLERIES, NEW YORK EXHIBITION LABEL VERSO
William J Jenack Auctioneers
Jun. 12, 2005
BOB WADE (American, b. 1943) GOWGIRLS GET THE BLUES chromolithograph
Est: $300 - $500
BOB WADE (American, b. 1943) GOWGIRLS GET THE BLUES signed and dated c Bob Wade '91, l.r. and numbered 21/50, l.l.; cibachrome print; frame: 34 x 52 inches
Grogan & Company
Jan. 17, 2002
u BOB WADE (B. JANUARY 6, 1943)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
COWGIRLS - A LITTLE MORE RECENT acrylic paint and lacquer on canvas signed on the reverse R.S. Wade '95 - Bob Wade - Tesuque, NM / June '95 Many of Bob's original creations are in public, corporate private collections. For a ``Bob-liography'' on this orginal Texas artist, please go to www.bobwade.com.
Sotheby's