Carolein Smit Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Carolein Smit Art Value Price Guide

May. 10, 2025
Carolein Smit, Rabbit
Est: €1,800 - €2,700
Ceramic. Polychrome glaze painting. Seated rabbit with two tulips on a plinth made of fully sculpted leaves and flowers. 51 x 36 x 26 cm.
Kunst und Design Auktionshaus Schops Turowski
Jun. 25, 2024
Carolein Smit (1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Jack (2002) Unique piece Glazed ceramic, H. 43.6 cm Provenance: - Galerie Albion Putti, Groningen, 2003 - Private collection, the Netherlands
AAG Auctioneers
Jun. 25, 2024
Carolein Smit (1960)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Aracoeli (2002) Unique piece Glazed ceramic, H. 92.7 cm Provenance: - Jan van Hoof Galerie, Den Bosch, 2002 - Private collection, the Netherlands Note: Dutch Carolein Smit satirically plays with that unknown turning point when beauty turns over in exuberance, hate in love, alienation in elucidation, and unresolved emotions in over-active sentiment. Smit borrows themes from classic mythology and biblical tales, such as greed, power and impotence, vanity, perishableness and death. Often her ceramic sculptures enclose elements like those that can be found in vanitas, such as skulls, skeletons, small bones of animals. All these elements symbolise our temporary presence, but, as always with Smit, she shows them with a touch of irony. Her sculptures of animals can characterised by their human traits, for which she uses sculptural forms instead of paint, employs transgressive beauty that contradicts commonly held convictions about what makes something appealing. The artist’s fascination with contrasts: the ugly but adorable, or the frightening but fragile, provides a reminder about the vulnerability and impermanence of life, and the inevitability of death. Smit’s works can be found in several prominent collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Asante Collection and the Boijmans van Beuningen, among others.
AAG Auctioneers
Jun. 11, 2024
Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960). Medusa, 2018.
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960) Medusa, 2018 glazed ceramic 66.5 cm. high
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
May. 30, 2024
Carolijn Smit (1960)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Zonder titel
Richard ter Borg kunsthandel
Apr. 26, 2024
§ CAROLEIN SMIT (DUTCH 1960-)
Est: £1,500 - £2,500
CAROLEIN SMIT (DUTCH 1960-) JEWEL BUG I & JEWEL BUG II, 2019 glazed ceramic the larger example 23cm high, 28cm wide (9in high, 11in wide); the smaller example 19cm high, 26cm wide (7 1/2in high, 10 1/4in wide) (2) Messum's, Wiltshire, from whom acquired by the present owner, 2020.
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 27, 2024
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960), Champion by the fireside, annotated with title on a label (verso), oil chalk on paper. 100 x 70 cm.
Est: €100 - €300
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960), Champion by the fireside, annotated with title on a label (verso), oil chalk on paper. 100 x 70 cm.
Medusa Auctioneers
Dec. 12, 2023
Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960). Het hart [The Heart], 1996.
Est: €400 - €600
Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960) Het hart [The Heart], 1996 glazed and hand-painted ceramic bowl signed, dated and titled 'Carolein Smit 1996' (underneath) 46.5 cm. diameter
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
Nov. 11, 2023
Carolein Smit, Dog
Est: €600 - €1,200
Dog. 1996. Ceramics. Polychrome glaze painting. 15 x 48 x 40 cm. Inscribed: Carolein Smit 1996 'Dog' (handwritten).
Kunst und Design Auktionshaus Schops Turowski
Nov. 11, 2023
Carolein Smit, Bear, 2000
Est: €1,500 - €3,000
Bear. 2000. Ceramics. Polychrome glaze painting. 46 x 26 x 10 cm. Inscribed on the bottom: 'Carolein Smit 2000 BEER' (handwritten).
Kunst und Design Auktionshaus Schops Turowski
Nov. 02, 2023
Carolijn Smit (1960)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Zonder titel
Richard ter Borg kunsthandel
Jun. 30, 2023
Carolein Smit (1960 Amersfoort) – Hase im Kohl (Rabbit in Cabbage)
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
Ceramic with coloured glaze. (Around 2016). Ca. 37 x 21 x 25 cm.
Karl & Faber
May. 15, 2023
Carolein Smit (1960)
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Carolein Smit (1960) Een keramische sculptuur ‘Muis op rozen’, uitvoering 2001, gesigneerd op onderzijde. Eén blad afgebroken aan onderzijde.
Vendu Rotterdam
Apr. 28, 2023
§ Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960-) Jewel Bug I, Jewel Bug II and Winged Jewel Bug, 2019
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
§ Carolein Smit (Dutch 1960-) Jewel Bug I, Jewel Bug II and Winged Jewel Bug, 2019 glazed ceramic (19cm high, 26cm wide (7 1/2in high, 10 1/4in wide); 23cm high, 28cm wide (9in high, 11in wide); 24cm high, 22cm wide (9 1/2in high, 8 1/2in wide)) Qty: (3) Provenance Messums, Wiltshire, 2020; Private Collection, UK.
Lyon & Turnbull
Jun. 20, 2022
CAROLEIN SMIT (AMERSFOORT 1960)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Man van Smarten (Man of Sorrow) (2007) Glazed ceramic, H. 50.7 cm Provenance: - Flatland Gallery, Utrecht (2007) (incl. copy of invoice) - Private collection, the Netherlands Literature: H. Tupan, R. Liefkes, O. Thormann F. Achten, Carolein Smit: WORKS, 2018, W Books, Zwolle, p. 156 (ill.) Exhibited: Kunsthal Rotterdam, Carolein Smit - Huid en haar, 16 January - 11 April 2010 Note: Carolein Smit works figuratively and makes minutely detailed and decorated sculptures of, amongst others, dogs, rats, hares, skeletons, cats and babies. However, the creatures all have human features. Using sculptural forms instead of paint, Smit employs transgressive beauty that contradicts commonly held convictions about what makes something appealing. Her fascination with contrasts, the ugly but adorable or the frightening but fragile, provides a reminder of the vulnerability and impermanence of life, and the inevitability of death. In 1993, Smit was awarded an honorary mention at the Prix de Rome awards, after which in 1999 she was awarded the Keranova-award for autonomous ceramics and a year later the Gemeente Breda Oeuvre award. In 2010, the exposition Huid en Haar took place in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, and she was given much praise for her contribution to the sculpture park Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri by the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri in Seggiano. Please note: condition reports and additional photos are available upon request: info@aagauctioneers.com / +31 (0) 20 30 12 950.
AAG Auctioneers
Jun. 09, 2022
Carolein Smit: Wendekopf 2
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
SMIT, CAROLEIN 1960 Amersfoort/Niederlande Title: Wendekopf 2. Date: 2011. Technique: Ceramic, painted in colours and glazed. Measurement: 31 x 38 x 38cm. Exhibitions: - La Maison Rouge, Paris 2011/12 - me Collectors Room, Berlin 2014/15 - Museum Arnhem, 2016 - Museum Folkwang, Essen 2016 Literature: - Schoppmann, Wolfgang: Mémoires du futur: La collection Olbricht, Lyon 2011, p. 164, ill. - Stiftung Olbricht (ed.): Queensize Female Artists from the Olbricht Collection, Berlin 2015, p. 13, ill.
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
May. 25, 2022
Carolein Smit (1960)
Est: €3,000 - €4,200
Baby
Richard ter Borg kunsthandel
May. 25, 2022
Carolein Smit (1960)
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Stilleven
Richard ter Borg kunsthandel
Apr. 22, 2022
Singe aux raisins
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Carolein Smit b. 1960 Singe aux raisins signed and dated 2016 on the underside polychrome porcelain 30 x 23 x 18 cm ; 11 13⁄16 x 9 1/16 x 7 1⁄16 in. Executed in 2016. ---------------------------------------- Carolein Smit n. 1960 Singe aux raisins signé et daté 2016 sur le dessous porcelaine polychrome 30 x 23 x 18 cm ; 11 13⁄16 x 9 1/16 x 7 1⁄16 in. Exécuté en 2016.
Sotheby's
Oct. 26, 2021
Carolein Smit, (b. 1960, Dutch), "Baby 7," 1997, Glazed ceramic, 4.5" H x 23" W x 14.25" D
Est: $700 - $900
Carolein Smit (b. 1960, Dutch) "Baby 7," 1997 Glazed ceramic Signed and dated: Carolein Smit / 1997; titled to verso 4.5" H x 23" W x 14.25" D Provenance: The Blake Byrne Collection
John Moran Auctioneers
Jun. 09, 2021
Carolein Smit, (b. 1960, Dutch), "Baby 7," 1997, Glazed ceramic, 4.5" H x 23" W x 14.25" D
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Carolein Smit (b. 1960, Dutch) "Baby 7," 1997 Glazed ceramic Signed and dated: Carolein Smit / 1997; Titled to verso 4.5" H x 23" W x 14.25" D Provenance: The Blake Byrne Collection
John Moran Auctioneers
Dec. 16, 2019
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Haas in een bokaal (Hare in a goblet) (2009) Glazed ceramic, H. 66 cm Note: Dutch Carolein Smit satirically plays with that unknown turning point when beauty turns over in exuberance, hate in love, alienation in elucidation, and unresolved emotions in over-active sentiment. Smit borrows themes from classic mythology and biblical tales, such as greed, power and impotence, vanity, perishableness and death. Often her ceramic sculptures enclose elements like those that can be found in vanitas, such as skulls, skeletons, small bones of animals. All these elements symbolize our temporary presence, but, as always with Smit, she shows them with a touch of irony. Her sculptures of animals can characterized by their human traits, for which she uses sculptural forms instead of paint, employs transgressive beauty that contradicts commonly held convictions about what makes something appealing. The artist's fascination with contrasts: the ugly but adorable, or the frightening but fragile, provides a reminder about the vulnerability and impermanence of life, and the inevitability of death. In 1993 she received an honourable mention at the presentation of the Prix de Rome, drawing department. Smit’s works can be found in several prominent collections worldwide, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Asante Collection and the Boijmans van Beuningen, among others. An important solo exhibition was held at the Victoria and Albert in 2018.
AAG Auctioneers
Dec. 05, 2019
Carolein Smit - Mädchen mit Hund (Girl with dog)
Est: €9,000 - €12,000
Ceramic. (2015). C. 100 x 35 x 32 cm.
Karl & Faber
Nov. 23, 2019
Carolein Smit, Dog
Est: €1,800 - €3,600
Dog. 1996. Ceramics. Polychrome glaze painting. 15 x 48 x 40 cm. Inscribed: Carolein Smit 1996 'Dog' (handwritten). Provenance: Rhenish private collection.
Kunst und Design Auktionshaus Schops Turowski
Dec. 11, 2017
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Baby (1998)Glazed ceramic, H. 54.6 cmProvenance:- Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam (1998) (incl. invoice)- Private collection, The NetherlandsLiterature:A. Haegen, The beasts and babies of Carolein Smit, Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam, 1999, page 44 (ill.)N.B.:Including the above mentioned book.
AAG Auctioneers
Dec. 19, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
a) Rat (Mammalia Serie) Edition of 25 Bronze, L. 17.7 cm (in original packaging) b) Two cats (Mammalia Serie) Edition of 25 Bronze, L. 18.4 cm (in original packaging) N.B.: The edition of 25 was never completed: only 10 sculptures of each were cast. (2x)
AAG Auctioneers
Dec. 19, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Aracoeli (2002) Unique work Glazed ceramic, H. 70.5 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam - Private collection, the Netherlands Literature: G. Beßler et al., Carolein Smit - Aracoeli, Stiftung Keramion, Frechen, 2003, page 13 (ill.) Exhibition: Stiftung Keramion, Frechen, Carolein Smit - Aracoeli, 30 October - 31 December 2003 N.B.: Including abovementioned publication.
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Dec. 12, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Rottweiler Unique work Glazed ceramic, H. 38.3 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam - Private collection, the Netherlands
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Jun. 06, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
"Baby 9" Unique work Signed, titled and dated 1998 on the underside Glazed and perforated ceramic, L. 60 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam (2001) - Private collection, the Netherlands
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Jun. 06, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
"Two babies" Unique work Glazed ceramic, H. 46.5 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam (2000) - Private collection, the Netherlands
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Jun. 06, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
"Jongen met Hert" Unique work Signed, titled and dated 2000 on the underside Glazed ceramic, H. 49.5 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam (2000) (incl. original invoice) - Private collection, the Netherlands
AAG Auctioneers
Jun. 06, 2016
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Pug (circa 2011) Unique work Glazed and perforated ceramic, H. 56 cm Provenance: - Galerie de Vis, Harlingen - Private collection, the Netherlands
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Jun. 08, 2015
Carolein Smit
Est: €4,500 - €6,500
(Amersfoort 1960) Baby - hare Glazed ceramic, H. 63.9 cm Provenance: - Terra Delft Gallery, Delft (2001) (incl. original invoice) - Private collection, The Netherlands
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Jun. 08, 2015
Carolein Smit
Est: €3,500 - €5,000
(Amersfoort 1960) Baby (1998) Glazed ceramic, H. 54.6 cm Provenance: - Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam (1998) (incl. original invoice) - Private collection, The Netherlands Literature: A. Haegen, The beasts and babies of Carolein Smit, Galerie Hof en Huyser, Amsterdam, 1999, page 44 (ill.) N.B.: Including the abovementioned book.
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Dec. 15, 2014
Carolein Smit
Est: €2,000 - €2,500
(Amersfoort 1960). Brulbaby. Glazed ceramic, H. 37.6 cm. Provenance:. Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam
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Dec. 15, 2014
Carolein Smit
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
(Amersfoort 1960). Baby. Glazed ceramic, L. 45.8 cm. Provenance:. Galerie Hof & Huyser, Amsterdam . N.B.:. Smit works figuratively and makes minutely detailed and decorated sculptures of, amongst others, dogs, rats, hares, skeletons, cats and babies. The creatures however all have human features. In 1993 Smit was awarded a honorary mention at the Prix de Rome awards, after which in 1999 she was awarded the Keranova-award for autonomous ceramic and in 2010 the Gemeente Breda Oeuvre award. Also in 2010 the exposition Huid en haar took place in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.
AAG Auctioneers
Dec. 09, 2013
Carolein Smit (Amersfoort 1960)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Magdalena 2006 - Ceramic, H. 47.5 cm - Provenance: - Gallery Brutto Gusto, Rotterdam (2006) - Private collection, The Netherlands - N.B.: Smit works figuratively and makes minutely detailed and decorated sculptures of, amongst others, dogs, rats, hares, skeletons, cats and babies. The creatures however all have human features. In 1993 Smit was awarded a honorary mention at the Prix de Rome awards, after which in 1999 she was awarded the Keranova-award for autonomous ceramic and a year later the Gemeente Breda Oeuvre award. Also in 2010 the exposition Huid en haar took place in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. Smit was given much praise for her contribution to the sculpture park 'Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri' by the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri in Seggiano, this concerned a similar ceramic work, titled 'Magdalene's grotto'.
AAG Auctioneers
Jun. 04, 2012
Carolein Smit
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
(Amersfoort 1960) a) Hare - Signed, titled, dated 2002 and numbered 4/25 on the reverse side. Bronze, L. 17.4 cm. b) Dog - Signed, titled, dated 2002 and numbered 4/25 on the reverse side. Bronze, L. 19.2 cm. Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Poelstra - Nanninga, Vlaardingen. N.B.: Mr. and Mrs. Poelstra started collecting modern art in the mid seventies. At the onset the primary colours and playful nature of the works by Cobra artists most appealed to them. Later on they developed an interest for objects in wood, bronze and glass, besides works on canvas and paper. This collection was formed with love and attention, and due to their passionate interest in art and the art market, this collection only contains works of a high quality. (2x)
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