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

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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Painting
Theme: landscape
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1920
PS 216 (P 126)
L'allée, où le vent pleure (Alley where the Wind Cries)
Alternate titles: L'allée où le vent pleure; The Path where the Wind Cries
c.1920
Oil on canvas
55 5/8 x 39 13/16 in. (141 x 101 cm)
Signed lower left: Philippe and titled on the frame lower center: L'ALLÉE ou [sic] LE VENT PLEURE
On the back: two metal plates: Pitcairn and 126 on the frame lower left.
Siri Yardumian Hurst, USA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 126: p. 10, petit salon, Tableau par Philippe Smit./ L'Allée où le vent pleure. 6.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 126 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, The Lane Where the Wind Weeps, Smit, Oil, 54 1/2 x 38 1/4 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn
Nishan & Siri Yardumian (gift from the above)
Siri Yardumian Hurst
Exhibitions
1920 Sparren
Kunsthandel De Heem, Atelier 'de Sparren', Laren, Netherlands, Tentoonstelling Phillippe Smit, October 03–11, 1920, no. 11, as L'allée où le vent pleure.
1948 Maurs
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 77, as L'allée où le vent pleure, 1917 (CP).
1993 Glencairn Museum
Glencairn Museum, Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, Philippe Smit (1886-1948): An exhibition in honor of Glencairn's acquisition of the 'The Celestial Army', January 10–February 15, 1993, [3] C., as The Path where the Wind Cries, Oil, Lent by Siri Yardumian-Hurst.
Literature & Primary Sources
De Gooi- en Eemlander 1920a
H. v. C. "Schilderkunst: Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en pastels door Philippe Smit." De Gooi- en Eemlander (Hilversum), 13-10-1920, p. 2, as L'allée où le vent pleure ("… no. 11: 'l'allée, ou [sic] le vent pleure' …").
Philadelphia Inquirer 2009
"Haven creating the home you love; The green American dream." The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia), 22-03-2009, section J, ill. in color, "The Philippe Smit painting of dark woods …".
Record last updated June 22, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "L'allée, où le vent pleure (Alley where the Wind Cries), c.1920 (PS 216)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=216 (accessed on May 10, 2025).