Artists

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, Strauss & Co maintains a detailed database of every artist sold at auction since 2009. Whether it is painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, this searchable database lists by artist every lot offered and provides aggregated data useful to collectors. Famous South African artists like William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern are introduced with helpful biographies along with the best contemporary artists.



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Lionel Smit

South African 1982- 


Lionel Smit is a South African artist, best known for his contemporary portraiture and sculpture. Each of Smit’s works offers us an entry point into the variety and richness that lies beneath every face we encounter in life, whether applied in bronze or paint. Smit’s work has been the subject of several solo exhibitions, his painting has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London receiving the Viewer’s Choice Award. In 2016, Smit’s sculpture Morphous was exhibited in Union Square, New York. In 2018 Smit held a solo exhibition with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in North Miami.

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131 lots offered      81.68% sold      ZAR 10 236 045
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Lionel Smit; Two Heads
7 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 68 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Mind the Gap
7 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 284 500
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Shift Series #2
7 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 102 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Residue Series #1 #2 and #3, three
16 Sep 2019
Sold for ZAR 29 313
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Mask I
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Lionel Smit; Mask II
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Young Girl
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Lionel Smit; Nude
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Lionel Smit; Rorschach Divided #1
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Lionel Smit; Rorschach Divided #2
15 Jul 2019
Sold for ZAR 37 520
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Residue Series #2
8 Apr 2019
Sold for ZAR 76 213
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Residue Series #1
8 Apr 2019
Sold for ZAR 52 763
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.