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PS 362 (P 161)
Forest at Fontainebleau, Autumn
Alternate titles: Forest at Fontainebleau, Autumn; In the Forest of Fontainebleau
After 1930
Pastel on cardboard
28 13/16 x 40 3/8 in. (73 x 102 cm) (sight size)
Signed with intertwined initals lower right: PhS
On the back: exhibition label Philadelphia on the frame upper center, two metal plates: Pitcairn et 161 and a handwritten label: Theo Pitcairn/ 161 on the frame towards the center right.
Private collection, USA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 161: p. 20, bureau de Monsieur Pitcairn, Pastel par Philippe Smit./ Deux allées dans la forêt avec fougères. 8.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 161 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Scene in the Forest of Fontaine Bleau [sic], Smit, Pastel, 28 x 40 [in.].
Provenance
Jacqueline Harbach (gift from the above)
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. 11, as In the Forest of Fontainebleau, Pastel - Circa 1920, 39 x 50 [in.]
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 46, Pastel, 16 x 14 [in.], 1930, Forest at Fontainebleau, Autumn, 11-1960-46 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Record last updated July 5, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Forest at Fontainebleau, Autumn, After 1930 (PS 362)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=362 (accessed on May 15, 2025).