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 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 36 416
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Reverb
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Verso
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Formulate (Charcoal)
14 Mar 2022
Sold for ZAR 16 415
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; BP Portrait Award 2013, poster
14 Mar 2022
ZAR 1 000 - 2 000
 
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Young Woman
21 Feb 2022
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Lionel Smit; Merge #3
30 Nov 2021
Sold for ZAR 175 875
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Pendere #3
30 Nov 2021
Sold for ZAR 175 875
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Young Woman
25 Oct 2021
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
 
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Blue Portrait)
11 Oct 2021
Sold for ZAR 113 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Conceal #4
11 Oct 2021
Sold for ZAR 182 080
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Merge Series (Yellow)
11 Oct 2021
Sold for ZAR 125 180
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT