Art for the Arch Auction for the Tutu Legacy Fund

Live Virtual Auction, 22 September 2021

Evening Sale

Sold for

ZAR 68 280
Lot 100
  • Anton Smit; Constraint, from the Toiva ya Toiva series
  • Anton Smit; Constraint, from the Toiva ya Toiva series


Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 68 280

About this Item

South African 1954-
Constraint, from the Toiva ya Toiva series
2021
glass reinforced polymer (GRP), steel and nails on a cement base
height: 205cm including base, base: 15,5cm

Notes

Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from the artist.

"Instinctive insights grow like a spiritual DNA and thus you gain identity constantly striving against the restrictions of the mould - the mould of pre-conceived ideas, like a chrysalis one emerges as a butterfly. The quest continues to improve with age embracing oneness of man." -Anton Smit

Widely revered for his overwhelming heads and monumental bronze sculptures, evoking themes of suffering, reconciliation, glory, and sublimation. Anton Smits' works grace public and private collections both locally and abroad. Most recently Smit was featured at SCOPE Art Fair, New York 2017. Smit's work is included in the permanent collections of the Pretoria Art Museum, Rembrandt Foundation, and the Graff/Delaire Collection.

This text is adapted from the artist's website https://www.antonsmit.co.za/

Provenance

Donated by the artist.

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