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

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Classification: Painting
Theme: figurative
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1932
PS 397 (P 4502; LNC 240)
Pegasus
Alternate titles: Pégase; Pegasus
1932
Oil on canvas
55 3/16 x 59 5/16 in. (140 x 150.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe/ Smit/ 1932
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 4502]: A Mademoiselle Marcia Pitcairn: Tableau, 1- Pégase.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 4502: Miss Marcia Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Pegasus, Oil, 59 1/2 x 55 1/2 [in.].
Exhibitions
1933 Goudstikker
Kunsthandel J. Goudstikker N.V, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling van Moderne Kunst, December 1933–January 1934, no. 54, ill. b/w, cover, as Pegasus, Doek.
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. 28, as Pegasus, Oil - 1932, 66 x 70 1/2 [in.]
1960 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 32, Oil, 59 1/2 x 55 1/2 [in.], 1935, Pegasus, 11-1960-32 (title and n° on receipt of return).
Literature & Primary Sources
Massé 1920–1935
Massé, René. Journal. 1920-21, 1924, 1929-31, 1933-1935, 02-04-1933, p. [22] ("… f) 'Pégasse [sic]' …").
De Telegraaf 1934
"Philippe Smit's Werken: Expositie in kunsthandel Goudstikker." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 23-01-1934, p. 5, as Pegasus.
Niehaus 1937
Niehaus, Kasper. "Philippe Smit." Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift Jaargang 47, n° 93 (1937 januari-juli), p. 236, as Pegasus.
Niehaus 1955
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 29, as Pégase.
Springfield Union 1957
Smith, Wayne C. "Museum Has Smit Exhibit." The Springfield Union, 02-12-1957, p. 20, as Pegasus.
Castellani - Narzt 2021
Castellani, Florence et Andreas Narzt. "Philippe Smit: vergeten schilder die opnieuw aandacht krijgt." Historische Laren Kring Kwartaalbericht 155 (2021), ill. p. 39, as Pegasus.
Notes

"[...] Gare de Lyon pour Montereau (8h.41 – 10h.24)/ Philippe vient me chercher à la gare. […] Arrivée au Château. […] L’atelier (les tubes de couleurs)/ les nouvelles œuvres faites dans le Var [et à Fontainebleau]./ [...] f) 'Pégasse [sic]' cheval blanc ailé au bord d’une mare dans la/ forêt (à droite)/ les fougères brun rouge de gauche et celles du fond – le/ miroir de la mare – l’arbre de gauche et ses taches vertes/ admirable. […]" (… Gare de Lyon to Montereau (8:41 – 10:24). Philippe comes to meet me at the train station. … Arrival at the Chateau. … The studio (the tubes of colours) the new works done in the Var [and in Fontainebleau]….f) "Pegasus" white winged horse at the at the edge of a pond in a forest (to the right), the ferns brownish red to the left and the ones in the back – the mirror of the pond – the tree to the left and it’s green spots, admirable. …) (Massé, 2 April 1933, p. [22])

Record last updated February 14, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Pegasus, 1932 (PS 397)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=397 (accessed on June 29, 2025).