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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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145 lots offered      77.24% sold      ZAR 10 492 822
 

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Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
17 Jun 2025
Starting at ZAR 60 000
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Lionel Smit; Figure on a Threshold
17 Jun 2025
Starting at ZAR 50 000
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Lionel Smit; Bust with Headscarf in Profile
17 Jun 2025
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Lionel Smit; Broken Submerge
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 150 000
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Lionel Smit; Divert Fragment
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 120 000
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Lionel Smit; Shift Series #1 with Shafts
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 100 000
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Lionel Smit; Portraits, five
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 64 488
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Lionel Smit; Untitled
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 25 795
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Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 64 488
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Lionel Smit; Day Series #
1 Apr 2025
ZAR 70 000 - 100 000
 
Lionel Smit; Subtle Changes
10 Mar 2025
Sold for ZAR 87 938
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Lionel Smit; Absolution
10 Mar 2025
Sold for ZAR 14 070
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