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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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Classification: Drawing
Theme: figurative
Medium: Charcoal
Support: On paper
Year: 1927
PS 295 (P 1070)
Emma Steiger Asplundh
1927–28
Charcoal on paper
24 3/8 x 20 11/16 in. (62 x 52.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed lower right: Philippe Smit
Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1070: Brought from France, Portrait of Mrs. Emma Aspluntdh, Drawing, 26 x 21 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn
Ruth Yardumian (gift from the above)
Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, Inv. 07.DR.1175 (gift from the above in 1993)
Exhibitions
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, [6] F., as Emma Steiger Asplundh, Charcoal, ca. 1925, Gift of Mrs. Richard Yardumian (07.DR.1175).
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Additional images
Drawing hanging to the left of the window in the large living room in Theodore Pitcairn's house; above the fireplace Spring in Recloses [PS 331] and to the left of the fireplace the full-length portrait of Miriam [P394] (photograph, after 1945, courtesy of Mrs. Michael Pitcairn, LNC archives).
Drawing hanging to the left of the window in the large living room in Theodore Pitcairn's house; above the fireplace Spring in Recloses [PS 331] and to the left of the fireplace the full-length portrait of Miriam [P394] (photograph, after 1945, courtesy of Mrs. Michael Pitcairn, LNC archives).
Record last updated July 2, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Emma Steiger Asplundh, 1927–28 (PS 295)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=295 (accessed on May 9, 2025).