Artists

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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; Morphous Maquette
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 136 416
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Delineation
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 159 152
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Broken Fragment
16 Oct 2017
Sold for ZAR 113 680
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Untitled #3
16 Oct 2017
Sold for ZAR 397 880
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman I
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 46 840
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman II
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 46 840
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Head
5 Jun 2017
Sold for ZAR 147 784
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman I
9 Apr 2017
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman II
9 Apr 2017
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 
Lionel Smit; Rorschach #4
6 Mar 2017
Sold for ZAR 591 136
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Girl
7 Nov 2016
Sold for ZAR 119 364
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Malay Girl with Cuts
10 Oct 2016
Sold for ZAR 568 400
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.