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

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Classification: Pastel
Theme: landscape
Medium: Pastel
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1917
PS 178 (P 3501; LNC 192)
Path with Haystacks, Holland
Alternate titles: Pad met Hooibergen in Holland; Path with Haystacks, Holland
1917
Pastel on cardboard
45 1/8 x 33 11/16 in. (114.5 x 85.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe S 1917
On the back: exposition label Philadelphia and a handwritten label: Feodor/ N° 3501/ Path in Holland w Haystacks on the protective backing panel upper center and upper left respectively.
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 3501]: A Monsieur Feodor Pitcairn: Pastels, 5- Sentier en Hollande, des deux côtés des meules de foin.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 3501: Mr. Feodor Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Path in Holland with haystacks on both sides, Pastel, 48 x 35 1/2 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 3501: p. 3, The Main Residence - Large Living Room, Path in Holland, with haystacks on both sides. (Belongs to Feodor Pitcairn), Pastel, 48 x 35 1/2 [in.].
Exhibitions
1960 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 34, Pastel, 48 x 35 1/2 [in.], 1922, Path with Haystacks, Holland, 11-1960-34 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
Janssen 2015
Janssen, Guus. "Philippe Smit – Nederlandse kunstschilder die geïnspireerd werd door Swedenborg." Swedenborgiana (La Haye) Editie 91 (09/2015), p. 12, ill. 3, as Pad met Hooibergen in Holland.
Record last updated June 6, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Path with Haystacks, Holland, 1917 (PS 178)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=178 (accessed on June 28, 2025).