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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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138 lots offered      80.43% sold      ZAR 10 428 335
 

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Lionel Smit; Divergence #1
15 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 51 210
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Three Profiles
21 Sep 2022
Sold for ZAR 56 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Residue Series
21 Sep 2022
Sold for ZAR 159 320
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Divulge
20 Sep 2022
Sold for ZAR 113 800
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Woman (Ashen Series)
29 Aug 2022
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Girl
25 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 18 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Sleeper
25 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 37 520
Incl. Buyer's Premium & 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