The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
PS 177 (P 163)
La fille aux cheveux d'or (The Girl with Golden Hair)
Alternate titles: Emma se peignant; La fille aux cheveux d'or; Woman Combing Hair
1917
Pastel on cardboard
38 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (97.5 x 72.5 cm) (sight size)
Inscribed and signed (in pencil) and sigend and dated (in pastel) in the same area lower left: La fille aux [one word unreadable]/ Philippe and Philippe/ 1917 Mai
On the back: fragment of the exhibition label Philadelphia on the frame upper center.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 163: p. 12, escalier, Pastel par Philippe Smit./ Emma se peignant. 6.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 163 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Emma Combing Her Hair, Smit, Pastel, 38 x 28 1/2 [in.].
Provenance
Exhibitions
Kunsthandel De Heem, Atelier 'de Sparren', Laren, Netherlands, Tentoonstelling Phillippe Smit, October 03–11, 1920, no. 24, as La fille aux cheveux d'or.
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 75, as Emma se peignant, 1917 (CP) shown ?
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 21, Pastel, 38 x 28 1/2 [in.], 1917, Woman Combing Hair, 11-1960-21 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
"Tentoonstelling - Philippe Smit." De Gooi- en Eemlander (Hilversum), 23-10-1920, p. 2, as La fille aux cheveux d'or ("… volgende nummers: no. 24: 'la fille aux cheveux d'or' …").
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 25-26, as Emma se peignant.
Record last updated July 4, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "La fille aux cheveux d'or (The Girl with Golden Hair), 1917 (PS 177)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=177 (accessed on May 9, 2025).