The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
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PS 314 (P 1039)
Centaur with Lyre, Study
Alternate title: Centaur (Study for The Afternoon of a Faun)
c.1929–30
Charcoal on paper
24 x 17 5/16 in. (61 x 44 cm) (sight size)
Signed with initials lower right: Ph. S. and on the back of the protective backing cardboard inscribed lower left by another hand: 1039/ dessin Homme et lyre
On the back: a metal plate: Mme Pitcairn on the frame lower left.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1039: p. 13, palier 1er étage, Dessin au crayon par Philippe Smit./ Etude pour son tableau de L'Après-Midi d'un faune' de Debussy' 'Centaure'. 1.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1039 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Centaur (study for the Afternoon of a Faun), Drawing, 28 1/2 x 21 [in.].
Provenance
Exhibitions
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 22, as Centaur (Study for The Afternoon of a Faun), Drawing - Circa 1930, 33 x 25 1/2 [in.]
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus, Kasper. "Tentoonstelling in Ver. Staten trok de aanacht: Philippe Smit, tegenpool der abstracte Kunst." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 08-01-1958, p. 7 ("… studies van een centaur en hoofd van een faune …").
Record last updated May 13, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Centaur with Lyre, Study, c.1929–30 (PS 314)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=314 (accessed on May 11, 2025).