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Photo: Michiel Elsevier Stokmans, NL; © FdDPS

Series

Series: Père de l'artiste

Keywords

Portrait:
- artist's father »
Figure composition:
- male »

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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Pencil

Support: On paper

Year: 1919

PS 193

Old Man with raised Arms, the Artist's Father, Study

1919–20

Pencil on paper

27 x 22 7/8 in. (68 x 58 cm) (sight size)

Neither signed, nor dated; inscribed upper left near the neck: l'oreil[l]e/ plus haut [the ear/ higher]

The Lord's New Church, Den Haag, NL

Provenance

Theodore Pitcairn

The Lord's New Church, Den Haag, NL (donation from the above)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Record last updated May 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. "Old Man with raised Arms, the Artist's Father, Study, 1919–20 (PS 193)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=193 (accessed on May 10, 2025).

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