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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: 1920
PS 199
Reed, Forest of Fontainebleau
Before 1920
Pastel on cardboard ?
11 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (28.5 x 36.5 cm) (sight size)
Neither signed, nor dated
On the back: a metal plate: Lottie Urban on the protective backing board lower left.
Collection Florence Leteneur-Castellani, Paris
Inventories
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [90]: p. [9], palier - salon: Smit Philippe - 'Les roseaux'/ Pastel, 29 x 36 [cm].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes

This little pastel is probably a view of the "Mare aux Fées" (fig. 1 & 2) or of the "Mare aux Pigeons", places to stroll along in the Forest of Fontainebleau. In a letter1 to Theodore Pitcairn, Nicolaas Urban speaks of a pastel which represents "la mare aux pigeons" but we have no certainty that it correponds to this work.

1. See note [PS 238].

Additional images
FIG. 1 Forêt de Fontainebleau - La Mare aux Fées, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
FIG. 1
Forêt de Fontainebleau - La Mare aux Fées, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
FIG. 2 Forêt de Fontainebleau - Mare aux Fées, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
FIG. 2
Forêt de Fontainebleau - Mare aux Fées, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
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Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Reed, Forest of Fontainebleau, Before 1920 (PS 199)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=199 (accessed on May 10, 2025).