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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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163 lots offered      76.07% sold      ZAR 11 137 684

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Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure I)
Untitled (Figure I)
11 May 2026
Starting at ZAR 8 000
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure II)
Untitled (Figure II)
11 May 2026
Starting at ZAR 8 000
Lionel Smit; Abstract Composition in Blue, Purple and Red
Abstract Composition in Blue, Purple and Red
11 May 2026
Starting at ZAR 15 000
Lionel Smit; Profile
Profile
11 May 2026
Starting at ZAR 6 000
Lionel Smit; Untitled (Figure with Mustache)
Untitled (Figure with Mustache)
20 Apr 2026
Sold for ZAR 4 099
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Lionel Smit; Divide Series #2
Divide Series #2
20 Apr 2026
Starting at ZAR 3 500
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Lionel Smit; Reposition #2
Reposition #2
20 Apr 2026
Sold for ZAR 5 856
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Lionel Smit; Unseen Revision
Unseen Revision
24 Mar 2026
Sold for ZAR 211 050
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Lionel Smit; Resting Nude
Resting Nude
9 Mar 2026
Sold for ZAR 40 988
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Lionel Smit; Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
12 Jan 2026
Sold for ZAR 30 032
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Lionel Smit; Absolution
Absolution
9 Dec 2025
Sold for ZAR 12 013
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Lionel Smit; Irreducible Representations #2
Irreducible Representations #2
9 Dec 2025
Sold for ZAR 13 214
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