Artist Database

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, the Strauss & Co artist database includes every modern and contemporary artist sold at auction since 2009. Find an artist by name to explore their full auction history. Every work is listed across painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, with aggregated price data useful to collectors.

Spanning South African and international visual artists, the database features famous artists such as William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, each with detailed biographies and complete auction records.


Top artists      Artists index
Value your Art?Do you know the value of your Lionel Smit?

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.

Click here to learn more about Lionel Smits work.

171 lots offered      74.85% sold      ZAR 11 181 241

Do you want to add Lionel Smit to your wishlist?
Add to Wishlist
Show all Items Show only Available Items
12 per page 24 per page 48 per page
Sort by Date Sold Sort by Value
  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Lionel Smit; Bust with Headscarf in Profile
Bust with Headscarf in Profile
19 Aug 2026
Starting at ZAR 35 000
Lionel Smit; Figure on a Threshold
Figure on a Threshold
19 Aug 2026
Current bid ZAR 35 000
Lionel Smit; Coiled Nude
Coiled Nude
13 Jul 2026
Sold for ZAR 23 422
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Abstract in Red and Blue
Abstract in Red and Blue
13 Jul 2026
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of Dawid Ras
Portrait of Dawid Ras
23 Jun 2026
Starting at ZAR 180 000
Make an Offer
Lionel Smit; Portrait
Portrait
23 Jun 2026
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
 
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure I)
Untitled (Figure I)
11 May 2026
Sold for ZAR 7 568
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure II)
Untitled (Figure II)
11 May 2026
Sold for ZAR 7 568
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Abstract Composition in Blue, Purple and Red
Abstract Composition in Blue, Purple and Red
11 May 2026
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Lionel Smit; Profile
Profile
11 May 2026
Sold for ZAR 5 000
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure with Mustache)
Untitled (Figure with Mustache)
20 Apr 2026
Sold for ZAR 4 099
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Divide Series #2
Divide Series #2
20 Apr 2026
Starting at ZAR 3 500
Make an Offer

Results in green indicate post sales.