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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
 

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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
Lionel Smit; Rorschach Divided #1
26 Sep 2016
Sold for ZAR 18 736
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Baby
18 Apr 2016
Sold for ZAR 14 052
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of Figure with Eyes Closed
18 Apr 2016
Sold for ZAR 40 985
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Uninspired Dreams | Fade Out Again
18 Apr 2016
ZAR 25 000 - 40 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Man
18 Apr 2016
Sold for ZAR 40 985
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Sleeper
22 Feb 2016
Sold for ZAR 28 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Scattered Stare
20 Apr 2015
Sold for ZAR 28 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portraits, triptych
20 Apr 2015
Sold for ZAR 25 762
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Nuance II
17 Mar 2014
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
21 Oct 2013
Sold for ZAR 113 680
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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