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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; Concealed Shapes; Transitions: A Collection of Exhibitions 2020-2023, two
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 1 759
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Revisions
3 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Insight
9 Nov 2024
Sold for ZAR 300 000
Lionel Smit; Expectancy
9 Oct 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 925
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Untitled
9 Sep 2024
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Untitled
12 Aug 2024
Sold for ZAR 8 794
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Manipulated Sketch
8 Jul 2024
Sold for ZAR 41 038
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
8 Jul 2024
Starting at ZAR 40 000
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Lionel Smit; Head
19 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 117 250
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Mirror Portrait
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 29 313
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Divert No 1
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 93 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Transference
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.