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

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Classification: Painting
Theme: landscape
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1910
PS 25
By the Zuiderzee, Holland
c.1910
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in. (65 x 100 cm)
Signed upper right: Philippe Smit and designated on the back of the upper stretcher: Au très chers Mr et Mme Mangin/ je dédis cette peinture de jeunesse, souvenir du bord du Zuiderzee, Holland. Philippe Smit
On the back: a metal plate: Mme Smit on the frame lower left.
Collection Florence Leteneur-Castellani, Paris
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes

So far there is no indication which allows us to identify Philippe Smit’s relationship with the Mangins. Only in a postcard Smit mentions the present he gave to them: "[…] je leur ait fait cadeau au[x] Mangin, il sont ci heureux/ avec[,] ne criez y pas car c'est affreux. Mais je n'ai plus rien/ a donne[r]. Je pouvais difficillement donner la legende [PS 211 ?]./ Consollez vous mes Chères je leur est donnez le/ Zuiderzee est-ce bien? ... Je leur avais promis quelques/ chose ça vous en rappeller n'est ce pas." [sic](… I have given a present to the Mangins, they are so happy with it, don’t scream because this is horrible. But I have no more to give. I could hardly give the Legend [GLEN04 ?]. Rest assured my dear, I have given the Zuiderzee to them, is that good? … I promised them something, you remember this, don’t you.) (fig.1)

Additional images
FIG. 1 Philippe Smit, APC to Nico and Berendina Urban and to his father, n.s. and n.d. [c. November 1920] (private archives, Paris).
FIG. 1 Philippe Smit, APC to Nico and Berendina Urban and to his father, n.s. and n.d. [c. November 1920] (private archives, Paris).
Record last updated November 23, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "By the Zuiderzee, Holland, c.1910 (PS 25)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=25 (accessed on September 10, 2025).