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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Painting
Theme: landscape
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1931
PS 389 (P 133; LNC 142)
Vieux Moulin d'Hulay (The Old Mill of Hulay)
Alternate titles: The Old Stonebridge; Vieux Pont en S.-et-M.
1931
Oil on canvas
50 3/8 x 54 5/8 in. (128 x 138.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe Smit/ 1931
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 133: p. 12, escalier, Grand tableau par Philippe Smit./ Le Pont de pierre./ Signé et daté 1931. 8.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 133 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Stone Bridge W. Guinea Hens dated 1931, Smit Oil, 50 x 54 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 133: [1998: Dining Rm, Stone bridge with G[u]inney hens, Oil], 51 x 56 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA (donation from the above)
Exhibitions
1948 Maurs
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 80, as Vieux Pont en S.-et-M. 1934 (CP).
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus 1933a
Niehaus, Kasper. "Te weinig geëerd shilder: De beteekenis van Philippe Smit." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 27-01-1933, p. 7 ("… de oude molen van Hulay …").
Niehaus 1937
Niehaus, Kasper. "Philippe Smit." Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift Jaargang 47, n° 93 (1937 januari-juli), p. 239 ("… oude molens in St. Ange en Hulay …").
Additional images
The Bridge and the Mill of Hulay (old postcard, private archives, Paris).
The Bridge and the Mill of Hulay (old postcard, private archives, Paris).
Record last updated May 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. "Vieux Moulin d'Hulay (The Old Mill of Hulay), 1931 (PS 389)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=389 (accessed on May 9, 2025).