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Classification: Pastel

Theme: figurative

Medium: Pastel

Support: On cardboard

Year: 1915

PS 135 (LNC 132)

Scene in the Park

Alternate title: Scène dans le parc

Before 1915

Pastel on cardboard

17 1/8 x 18 11/16 in. (43.5 x 47.5 cm)

Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, MDIG 2024.1.1 (donation The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA, USA))

Inventories

Inv. Nicolaas Urban, 1930, s.n., private archives: no. [09]: Pastel Parkje pointilé [sic].

Inv. Nicolaas Urban, Tableaux Philippe, n.d. [ante 1955], private archives: no. 08: Pastel, park [sic] au printemps - avec promeneurs.

Provenance

Nicolaas Urban

Theodore Pitcairn (bought from the above before 1955)

The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA (donation from the above)

Musée des impressionnismes Giverny (donation from the above in 2024)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

Le journal 2024

"Acquistion: Scéne dans le parc de Philippe Smit." Musée des impressionnismes Giverny. Le journal (Giverny), no. 11 (2024), p. 7, as Scène dans le parc.

Record last updated July 11, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Scene in the Park, Before 1915 (PS 135)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=135 (accessed on September 11, 2025).

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