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Auction result
Absolution
Lionel Smit (South African, 1982–2002)
ZAR 14,070 price realized incl. premium
≈ $771≈ £596≈ €711
Hammer ZAR 12,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 14,070
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- Medium
- Print (other) · Prints & multiples all print (other) results →As published: “giclée print on archival paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Prints (general)
- Dimensions
- image size: 39,5 by 39,5cm; sheet size: 50 by 50cm, unframed
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- March ART (361)
- Date
- March 10, 2025
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 112
- Estimate
- ZAR 12,000 – ZAR 18,000 (≈ $658 – $987) (≈ £509 – £763) (≈ €607 – €910)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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