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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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Frame designed and painted by the artist.
Frame designed and painted by the artist.
Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Pastel
Theme: landscape
Medium: Pastel
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1928
PS 305 (P 103)
Vieux moulin à St-Ange (Old Watermill of Saint Ange)
Alternate title: Vieux moulin à St-Ange
1928
Pastel on cardboard
34 5/16 x 38 13/16 in. (87 x 98.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed lower left: Philippe Smit (traces)
Mark & Janice Pennink, USA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 103: p. [1], grand salon, Pastel par Philippe Smit./ Le Vieux moulin. 5.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 103 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, The Old Mill, Smit, Pastel, 34 1/2 x 39 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn
Eshowe Pitcairn-Pennink (by descent)
Mark & Janice Pitcairn (gift from the above)
Exhibitions
1948 Maurs
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 73, as Vieux moulin à St-Ange, 1928 (CP).
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus 1933a
Niehaus, Kasper. "Te weinig geëerd shilder: De beteekenis van Philippe Smit." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 27-01-1933, p. 7 ("… en oode molen te St. Ange …").
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The Watermill (old postcard, private archives, Paris).
The Watermill (old postcard, private archives, Paris).
PS 305 - postcard
PS 305 - postcard
Photo: © FdDPS
Record last updated September 15, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Vieux moulin à St-Ange (Old Watermill of Saint Ange), 1928 (PS 305)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=305 (accessed on May 10, 2025).