The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
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PS 322 (P 1021)
Male Nude with Raised Arms, Study
Alternate titles: Standing Torso (1933); Torso; Trunk of Man
c.1929–30
Charcoal on paper
40 13/16 x 29 in. (103.5 x 73.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed with initials lower right: Ph. S
On the back: exhibition label Philadelphia and two metal plates: Mme Pitcairn et 1021 on the frame upper center and upper left respectively.
Study of the faun for the large painting The Afternoon of a Faun
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1021: p. 19, palier 2e étage, Important dessin au crayon noir par Philippe Smit./ Etude d'Académie. 2.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1021 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Study of trunk of man with arms, Drawing, 40 1/2 x 29 [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. 21, as Trunk of Man, Drawing - Circa 1930, 46 1/2 x 35 [in.]
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 51, 40 1/2 x 29 [in.], 1933, Torso, 11-1960-51 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
Grafly, Dorothy. "Summer Exhibits." The Philadelphia Bulletin (19-06-1960), as Standing Torso (1933).
Record last updated April 18, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Male Nude with Raised Arms, Study, c.1929–30 (PS 322)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=322 (accessed on May 9, 2025).