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Lionel Smit (South African, 1982–2002)
ZAR 37,520 price realized incl. premium
≈ $2,392≈ £1,877≈ €2,226
Hammer ZAR 32,000 · with buyer’s premium ZAR 37,520
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated 2001
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 by 40cm excluding frame; 46 by 56 by 5cm including frame
- Auction house
- Strauss & Co
- Sale
- Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art (179)
- Date
- April 25, 2022
- Location
- South Africa
- Lot
- 224
- Estimate
- ZAR 20,000 – ZAR 30,000 (≈ $1,275 – $1,913) (≈ £1,001 – £1,501) (≈ €1,187 – €1,780)
- Source
- Auction house straussart.co.za ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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