Photo © Strauss & Co — view this lot on Strauss & Co ↗Shift Series #1 with Shafts, 2011
Sculpture · Other support
Strauss & Co · Sep 15, 2026ZAR 108,113 ≈ $6,644 ≈ £4,927 ≈ €5,757Sign up free to see price
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Head
Lionel Smit (South African, 1982–2002)
ZAR 147,784 price realized incl. premium
≈ $11,600≈ £8,984≈ €10,312
Hammer ZAR 130,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 147,784
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- Medium
- Sculpture · Sculpture all sculpture results →As published: “bronze, mounted on a steel base”
- Support
- Other support
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- height: 56cm, including base
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Important South African and International Art (81)
- Date
- June 5, 2017
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 283
- Estimate
- ZAR 100,000 – ZAR 150,000 (≈ $7,849 – $11,774) (≈ £6,079 – £9,119) (≈ €6,978 – €10,466)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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