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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
Catalogue entry
PS 369 (P 1012)
Kneeling Man with Loincloth, Study
Alternate title: Man Kneeling
c.1930–32
Charcoal on paper
35 1/2 x 29 3/16 in. (90 x 74 cm) (sight size)
Neither signed, nor dated
On the back: two metal plates: Mme Pitcairn et 1012 on the frame upper center and a fragment of an handwritten label: MAD. PITCA[IRN] / 1012/101[?] lower left.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1012: p. 15, boudoir, Dessin à la pierre noire: Etude d'homme un genou à terre. 1.500 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1012 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Study of Man Kneeling on One Knee, Drawing, 35 3/4 x 29 [in.].
Provenance
Marijke Urban-Pitcairn
Richard & Ruth Yardumian (most likely a gift from the above who had great admiration for the composer Richard Yardumian)
Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA, Inv. 07.DR.1481 (donation from the estate Ruth Yardumian in 1997)
Exhibitions
1957 Springfield
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 26, as Man Kneeling, Drawing - Circa 1931, 38 1/2 x 31 1/2 [in.]Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Record last updated February 8, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Kneeling Man with Loincloth, Study, c.1930–32 (PS 369)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=369 (accessed on May 9, 2025).