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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Series
Series: Berendina
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Classification: Pastel
Theme: figurative
Medium: Pastel
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1914
PS 105 (P 1503)
Mère et enfant (Mother with Child)
Alternate titles: Mère et enfant; Mrs. Smit and Child
1914
Pastel on cardboard
30 11/16 x 28 13/16 in. (78 x 73 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe/1914; on the back: titled upper left: Moeke et/ l'enfant, titled and signed lower right: (Mère et enfant/ malade)/ Philippe
On the back: a handwritten label: Mr. & Mrs. T. P/ N° 1503/ Mother & Child upper center; a metal plate: Mme Smit and a small handwritten label: 1503 on the frame lower left.
Private collection, USA
Inventories
Inv. Berendina Hubscher, n.d. [ante 1952], s.n., private archives: no. [15] [P 1503]: p. [1], Pastels: La Mère et l'enfant (Madame Smit et son fils).
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 1503]: A Monsieur le Révérend Théodore Pitcairn et Madame Maryke Urban, son épouse: Tableaux [sic], 3- La Mère et l'Enfant (Madame Smit et son fils).
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1503: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Mother and Child (Mrs. Smit & Son), Smit, Pastel, 32 x 20 [in.].
Provenance
Berendina Hubscher
Theodore & Marijke Pitcairn (donation from the above in 1952)
Richard & Ruth Yardumian (most likely a gift from the above who had great admiration for the composer Richard Yardumian)
Miryam Yardumian (gift from Ruth Yardumian)
Exhibitions
1916 Larensche Kunsthandel
Larensche Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Philippe Smit, April 01–30, 1916, ?, as Mère et enfant (see Zelling).
1957 Springfield
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 5, as Mrs. Smit and Child, Pastel - 1914, 39 x 37 1/2 [in.]
Literature & Primary Sources
Philippe Smit 1914b
Philippe Smit. ALS to his sister Emma. Hilversum, n.d. [received 1.
Zelling 1916
Zelling, Anton. "Philippe Smit." De Hofstad, 15-04-1916, p. 1, as Mère et enfant.
Notes

"[…] car j’ai fait des/ études qui n’on aucun caractere/ ces temps-ci, seulement le portrait/ de Dien et Broetije. […] Je vais te faire une/ croquies du Pastel de Dien et/ Broijtije [fig. 1]. […]" [sic] (... for I have made studies which have no character these days, only the portrait of Dien and Broetije1. ... I will make you a sketch of the pastel of Dien and Broijtije (fig. 1). ...) (Philippe Smit 1914b)

1. See [PS 103].


See biographical note on Berendina Hubscher.

Additional images
FIG. 1 Philippe Smit 1914b, p. 2.
FIG. 1
Philippe Smit 1914b, p. 2.
Photograph of the opening of the Springfield exhibition, 1 December 1957, one can see the painting behind Theodore Pitcairn (private archives, Paris).
Photograph of the opening of the Springfield exhibition, 1 December 1957, one can see the painting behind Theodore Pitcairn (private archives, Paris).
Record last updated April 25, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Mère et enfant (Mother with Child), 1914 (PS 105)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=105 (accessed on May 10, 2025).