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Figure composition:
- centaur(s) »
- faun »
- female »
- mythological »
- nude »
- nymph »
Landscape:
- forest »
Inspiration:
- Debussy, Claude »
- L'après-midi d'un faune »

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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Charcoal

Support: On paper

Year: 1930

PS 342

Afternoon of a Faun, Study

c.1930

Charcoal on paper

18 11/16 x 24 3/16 in. (47.5 x 61.5 cm) (sight size)

Signed lower left: Philippe/ Smit

Collection Dawn Barnitz-Potts, USA

Provenance

Theodore Pitcairn

Harry Barnitz (gift from the above)

Dawn Barnitz-Potts (by descent)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

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No known published references.

Record last updated February 5, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Afternoon of a Faun, Study, c.1930 (PS 342)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=342 (accessed on May 13, 2025).

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