The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
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PS 331 (P 118; LNC 106)
Printemps à Recloses (Spring in Recloses)
Alternate titles: Recloses in de lente; Rocher à Recloses au Printemps (Rocks at Recloses in Springtime); Rocks Gentien in Recloses
1930
Oil on canvas
38 5/8 x 51 3/8 in. (98 x 130.5 cm)
Signed, dated and titled on the back upper right: Philippe Smit/ 1930/ Printemps/ à Recloses genêts en fleurs
On the back: exposition label Philadelphia and two metal plates: Pitcairn and 118 on the frame towards upper center and lower left respectively.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 118: p. 8, salle à manger, Important tableau par Philippe Smit./ Paysage de la forêt de Fontainebleau, avec genêt. 10.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 118 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Landscape in the Forest of Fontaine Bleau [sic] with Gentians, Smit, Oil, 37 1/2 x 51 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 118: p. 1, The Church - Council Room, Landscape in forest of Fontainebleau with gentians, Oil, 37 1/2 x 51 [in.].
Exhibitions
Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker N.V, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling van Moderne Kunst, December 1933–January 1934, no. 55, as Recloses in de lente, Doek.
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04–18, 1948, s.n., listed in the annotated catalogue: [P] 118 Tableau Paysage avec genêts, possibly added.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 24, pastel, 34 x 45 1/2 [in.], 1924, Rocks Gentien in Recloses, 11-1960-24 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus, Kasper. "Te weinig geëerd shilder: De beteekenis van Philippe Smit." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 27-01-1933, p. 7 ("… en rotsen met bloeiende brem te Recloses …").
"Philippe Smit's Werken: Expositie in kunsthandel Goudstikker." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 23-01-1934, p. 5, as Recloses in de lente.
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 24 & 29, as Rocher à Recloses au Printemps (Rocks at Recloses in Springtime).
Additional images
![Painting hanging above the fireplace in the large living room in Theodore Pitcairn's house, Bryn Athyn; to its left the full-length portrait of Miriam [PS 394] and to the left of the window the one of Emma Asplundh [PS 295] (photograph, after 1945, courtesy of Mrs. Michael Pitcairn, LNC archives).](https://cdn.panopticoncr.com/philsmi001/catalogue_images/supp_sm/LNC106_suppl.png)
Painting hanging above the fireplace in the large living room in Theodore Pitcairn's house, Bryn Athyn; to its left the full-length portrait of Miriam [PS 394] and to the left of the window the one of Emma Asplundh [PS 295] (photograph, after 1945, courtesy of Mrs. Michael Pitcairn, LNC archives).
Record last updated May 16, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Printemps à Recloses (Spring in Recloses), 1930 (PS 331)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=331 (accessed on July 9, 2025).