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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.].
Provenance
Berendina Hubscher
Feodor Pitcairn (donation from the above en 1952)
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA (donation from the above)
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).