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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: 1929
PS 311
The Well in Recloses
1929
Pastel on cardboard
34 5/16 x 38 3/16 in. (87 x 97 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe Smit/ 1929
Collection Laurène Guillemin, Montreal
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
Massé 1920–1935
Massé, René. Journal. 1920-21, 1924, 1929-31, 1933-1935, 10-11-1929, p. [7 & 10]) ("… [Le pastel de] La Cour intérieur de Recloses …").
Niehaus 1933a
Niehaus, Kasper. "Te weinig geëerd shilder: De beteekenis van Philippe Smit." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 27-01-1933, p. 7 ("… Een binnenhof en rotsen met bloelende brem te Recloses …").
Niehaus 1937
Niehaus, Kasper. "Philippe Smit." Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift Jaargang 47, n° 93 (1937 januari-juli), p. 239 ("… een binnenhof te Recloses …").
Notes

"[...] Nous […] prenons la charmante route de Recloses, une merveille de couleurs./ Nous arrivons rue Sainte-Reine en leur maison de/ paysan1 où l’extérieur n’a pas été touché./ Ayant acheté une maison mitoyenne (100.000[FRF]) il y a une/ charmante cour pavée [fig. 1], au centre un puits comblé de/ fleurs – des ifs et de la bruyère./ […] Nous allons au nouvel atelier de Philippe./ […] – [Le pastel de] La Cour intérieur de Recloses, dans le vieux puits, il y/ a des géraniums, cette note rouge est fort belle au/ milieu des bruyères. […]" (... We … take the charming road to Recloses, a marvel of colours. We arrive rue Sainte-Reine to their peasant’s cottage1 whose exterior has not been touched. Having bought an adjacent house (FRF 100.000), there is a charming paved courtyard (fig. 1), in the center a well full of flowers – yews and heather. … We go to Philippe’s new studio … - [The pastel of] The courtyard of Recloses, in the old well there are geraniums, this red touch is very beautiful amid the heather. …) (Massé, 10 November 1929, p. [7 & 10])

1. Cottage of Berendina and Lotty, see also chronology 1926 et 1929. 

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FIG. 1 Lotty with a friend in the courtyard of the house in Recloses (photograph from Lotty Urban's album, private archives, Paris).
FIG. 1
Lotty with a friend in the courtyard of the house in Recloses (photograph from Lotty Urban's album, private archives, Paris).
Record last updated March 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. "The Well in Recloses, 1929 (PS 311)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=311 (accessed on May 11, 2025).