Bob Thompson
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May 2026 · $210K
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Paintings: $213K medianWorks on paper: $11.3K medianPhotographs: $4.9K medianPosters/ephemera: $88.2K median
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Current Exhibitions1

New York City Circa 1960: Works from the Collection of Robert A. Ellison, Jr.

Wolf Kahn, Lester Johnson, Elaine de Kooning, Milton Resnick, Robert Goodnough, Emily Mason, Bob Thompson, Robert De Niro, Sr, Pat Passlof, Jay Milder, Robert Ellison, Jan Müller, Dody Müller, Ben Johnson

390 Broadway 3rd floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

May 8, 2026 — Jul 2, 2026

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Past Exhibitions2

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Bob Thompson New Paintings

Bob Thompson

875 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3800, Chicago, IL 60611

May 6, 1965 — May 30, 1965

Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine

Bob Thompson

5550 S Greenwood Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA

May 15, 2022

Bob Thompson — February 15 – May 15, 2022

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Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine
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Bob Thompson dies
Jan 1, 1966
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May 6, 1965
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Bob Thompson born
Jan 1, 1937
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