Bill Nebeker Art

Inscribed/signed by the Artist on the bottom portion of the bronze piece with an edition number. 17/30

Bill Nebeker (Born 1942) is a prolific Artist from Idaho Living in Arizona. The bronze up for sale is a gorgeous finely casted American Indian in a canoe. If you have ever seen a c...

This artwork is a original bronze sculpture titled "The Pickpocket" 1993 by noted American artist Bill Nebeker, born 1942. It is signed , dated and numbered 4/25 in the bronze. The size including wood base is 11.75 x 13 x 9.5 inches. The subject is a horse picking a glove from the cowboy's back pocket. It is in excellent condition. Known for his detailed, well researched sculpture of depiction of the historical American West in the tradition of Frederic Remington, Bill Nebeker of Prescott, Arizona has been a member of the Cowboy Artists of America* since 1978. Among his honors at annual exhibitions of the CAA are the Sculpture Award, Gold in 1989 and Silver in 1985; and Kiekhofer Award for Best of Show, 1989. In Kerrville, Texas, the Cowboy Artists Museum featured a 30 year retrospective of his work in the late 1990s. He was inspired to become a sculptor in the early 1960s when he saw sculpture by George Phippen at a one-man show in Skull Valley, Arizona. Once established on his path of creating western sculpture and the year after Phippen died (1966), Nebeker began to work at Phippen's foundry, the Bear Paw Bronze Works in Skull Valley. He received a hands-on education from the Phippen family in making western sculpture. He also met many top western sculptors such as Veryl Goodnight, Richard Greeves, and Joe Beeler...