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PS 255 (P 183)
Alley in Forest in November
Alternate title: In the Forest of Fontainebleau
1925
Pastel on cardboard
41 x 45 1/2 in. (104 x 115.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe Smit November/ 1925; titled, dated and signed on the back of the frame upper left: Allée en forêt en novembre 1925/ Philippe Smit
Private collection, USA
Inventories
Inv. T. P., Ptgs etc. at Bryn Athyn, n.d. [c. 1940], Glencairn archives: no. [16] [P 183]: p. [1], November Forest Scene in Fontainebleau, Smit, 48 x 42 [in.].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 183: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, November in the Forest (Loan to Eshowe), Smit, Pastel, 40 1/2 x 45 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 183: p. 2, The Church Hall - Art Gallery, November in the Forest (belongs to Mrs. John Pennink), Pastel, 40 1/2 x 45 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn
Eshowe Pitcairn-Pennink (by descent)
Meray Childs (gift from the above in 2008)
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
Philippe Smit 1926
AL (first page) to Kasper Niehaus. Recloses, n.d. [beginning 1926].Notes
"[…] j’ai fait un grand pastel de la fôret/ et aussi une peinture avec un lever de lune/ en Novembre donnant cette vrémant [?] mélancolie/ ces couleurs cendrés que j’affectionne tant! [...]" [sic] (... I have made a large pastel of the forest and also a painting with a moonrise in November yielding this true melancholy, these ashen colours which I like so much! ...) (Philippe Smit 1926)
Record last updated April 20, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Alley in Forest in November, 1925 (PS 255)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=255 (accessed on May 10, 2025).