Dylan Lewis

Dylan Lewis is a South African sculptor, born in 1964, known for bronze depictions of cheetahs and other big cats. The auction record reviewed for this profile describes a work titled Sitting Cheetah II (S238), a 2005 bronze roughly life-size at 126 cm high, 43 cm wide, and 149 cm deep, signed and numbered 3 of 12. Beyond this, the public record available for this profile does not confirm an exact birth date, birthplace, education, or current gallery representation for Lewis.

No obituary, gallery statement, or press notice of death has been located for Lewis. Auction listings that describe him as "South African, 1964," a convention generally used for living artists, are consistent with that status but do not amount to an explicit 2025 or 2026 confirmation, so his living status should be treated as probable rather than certain.

Collectors should also be aware that other sculptors have made unrelated works with closely similar titles. The American sculptor Rosetta has a bronze titled Seated Cheetah, 1.25 Lifesize, produced in an edition of ten, with two mirror-image casts in the permanent collection of the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District at the Illinois Terminal Building. The California sculptor Gwynn Murrill has a separate work titled Sitting Cheetah in the collection of the Norton Simon Museum. Neither of these is the work or artist covered by this profile.

No verbatim assessment from a named critic in a major outlet has been located for Dylan Lewis or for this sculpture in the sources reviewed for this profile.

The only documented public sale identified for a matching work is Sitting Cheetah II (S238), sold at Strauss & Co's Live Virtual Auction, Evening Sale, on 28 March 2023, for ZAR 1,155,250 including buyer's premium and VAT. That figure and date are corroborated by a matching MutualArt listing. No broader auction history, ranking, or confirmation that this is Lewis's all-time high price could be established from the sources reviewed, so it should be read as a single documented data point rather than a settled market record.

Before any transaction involving a work titled Sitting Cheetah, Sitting Cheetah II, or a close variant, confirm the specific artist, edition, and casting directly with the selling house, since at least three different sculptors, Dylan Lewis, Rosetta, and Gwynn Murrill, have made bronzes under closely related titles. There is no catalogue raisonne and no confirmed gallery representation for Lewis in the sources reviewed, and only one priced, dated auction sale has been identified, so there is limited price history to benchmark against. Basic biographical facts, including an exact birth date, birthplace, and education, remain unconfirmed in the public record and should be verified before this profile is treated as complete.