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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; Portrait in Blue
18 Mar 2019
Sold for ZAR 170 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of Woman in Pink Headscarf
12 Nov 2018
Sold for ZAR 45 520
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of Woman in Blue Dress
12 Nov 2018
Sold for ZAR 45 520
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Nude
12 Nov 2018
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 
Lionel Smit; Small Malay Girl with Holes; Crackhead; Submerge; Broken Submerge, four
12 Nov 2018
Sold for ZAR 625 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Malay Girl Submerged
15 Oct 2018
Sold for ZAR 136 560
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Shift Series #1 with Shafts
15 Oct 2018
Sold for ZAR 182 080
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Girl in Blue
15 Oct 2018
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
7 May 2018
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
 
Lionel Smit; Hidden Exposure 3
9 Apr 2018
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Hidden Exposure 2
9 Apr 2018
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Lionel Smit; Hidden Exposure 1
9 Apr 2018
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT