On the back: two metal plates: Mme Pitcairn and 1002 and fragment of a small label: Mad. Pitc[airn] [handwritten]/ 1025 [printed] on the frame lower center.

Collection Gabrielle Pfeiffer

Inventories

Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1002: p. 4, grand salon, Dessin à la plume par Philipe Smit./ Entrée du Château. 500 [FRF]

Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1002 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Entry to Chateau, Drawing, 13 7/8 x 10 [in.].

Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 1002: p. 4, The Main Residence - Stairway to Master Bedroom, Entry to Chateau, Drawing, 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 [in.].

Provenance

Marijke Urban-Pitcairn

Miriam Pitcairn-Mitchell (by descent)

Sale of the above estate: Cyr Auction Company, Wells/Maine, 16 July 2008, lot 124

Gabrielle Pfeiffer (bought at the above sale)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Record last updated June 16, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Entry to the Castle, c.1930–35 (PS 378)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=378 (accessed on June 30, 2025).

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