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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Pencil

Support: On paper

Year: 1927

PS 291 (P 1013 ?)

Baby Miriam

1927

Pencil on paper

20 1/8 x 16 in. (51 x 40.5 cm) approx.

Signed with initials lower right: Ph.S.

This painting could not be examined during the preparation of the catalogue raisonné.

Present whereabouts unknown

Inventories

Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1013: p. 16, boudoir, Dessin au crayon par Philippe Smit./ Portrait de baby. 1.000 [FRF].

Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1013 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Portrait of a Baby, Drawing, 23 3/4 x 19 [in.].

Provenance

Miriam Pitcairn-Mitchell

Sale of the above estate: Cyr Auction Company, Wells/Maine, 16 July 2008, lot 141

Private collection (presumed)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Record last updated May 9, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Baby Miriam, 1927 (PS 291)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=291 (accessed on May 9, 2025).

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