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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: 1927
PS 293 (P 3502)
Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau
Alternate title: In the Forest of Fontainebleau
1927
Pastel on cardboard
35 1/2 x 40 5/8 in. (90 x 103 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe Smit/ 1927[?]
Sharon Forsyth, USA
Inventories
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 3502]: A Monsieur Feodor Pitcairn: Pastels, 4- Rochers, à gauche et à droite des genêts, à droite saule pleureur.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 3502: Mr. Feodor Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Rocks, right and left, broom to the right weeping willow, Pastel, 38 x 42 [in.].
Provenance
Berendina Hubscher
Feodor Pitcairn (donation from the above en 1952)
Sharon Pitcairn-Forsyth (gift from the above in 2014)
Exhibitions
1957 Springfield
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 15, as In the Forest of Fontainebleau, Pastel - 1925, 45 1/2 x 49 [in.]
Literature & Primary Sources
Massé 1920–1935
Massé, René. Journal. 1920-21, 1924, 1929-31, 1933-1935, 10-11-1929, p. [9] ("… Le clair de lune dans la forêt …").
Notes

"[…] Arrivée au Château de 'la Motte' […] Les Œuvres de Philippe:/ [...] - Le clair de lune dans la forêt, sur la gauche des genêts,/ le tragique du ciel (rose et violacé). […]" (… Arrival at Château La Motte. . … The works by Philippe: … - The moonlight in the forest, broom shrubs to the left, the drama of the sky (pink and purplish). …) (Massé, 10 November 1929, p. [9])

Additional images
Photograph of the Forest of Fontainebleau inscribed on the back: "Het Wood (in the forest)" (private archives, Paris).
Photograph of the Forest of Fontainebleau inscribed on the back: "Het Wood (in the forest)" (private archives, Paris).
Photograph of the opening of the Springfield exhibition, 1 December 1957 (private archives, Paris).
Photograph of the opening of the Springfield exhibition, 1 December 1957 (private archives, Paris).
Record last updated June 8, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1927 (PS 293)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=293 (accessed on May 9, 2025).