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

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Photo: Studio Sebert; © FdDPS
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Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Photo: Studio Sebert; © FdDPS
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Classification: Painting
Theme: still Life
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1933
PS 408
Autumn Bouquet
1933
Oil on canvas
51 3/8 x 47 1/2 in. (130.5 x 120.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe/ Smit 1933; titled and signed on the back upper left: bouquet d'Automne/ Philippe Smit
Au dos: une étiquette métallique: Lottie Urban sur le cadre en bas à droite. On the back: a metal plate: Lottie Urban on the frame lower right.
Collection Florence Leteneur-Castellani, Paris
Inventories
Inv. Lotty Urban-Leteneur, n.d. [ante 1953], s.n., private archives: no. [12]: p. [1], Toiles: Fleurs sauvages dans un pot en grès (année 1933).
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [21]: p. [2], salon: Smit Philippe - 'Bouquet aux joncs'/ Toile signée en bas à droite, datée 1933, 126 x 11è[7] [cm].
Provenance
Lotty Urban-Leteneur
Florence Leteneur (by descent)
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
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No known published references.
Notes

"[…] Then Ph.[ilippe] came with his wonderful painting I can not discribe it. The background is that marvellous piece of velvet which has this olivegreen yellow color. The vase is the one we have on the piano. The bouquet are all kind of bessen (red and black) en riet je weet wel Rij [Marijke] dat riet dat bij de vijver staat net of het sigaren zijn en dan de wilde orichideën [3 mots illisibles] worden. It is so different from any flower peace [sic] he made. Wonderfull is the only thing I can say. I was very very very happy. Daddy [Nicolaas Urban] said if I did not like you so much I would hate you for getting such a painting. […]" [sic]1

1. Berendina Hubscher-Urban, ALS to Theodore and Marijke, Thoury-Ferrottes, n.d. [31 October 1933 postmark] (private archives, Paris)

Record last updated April 19, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Autumn Bouquet, 1933 (PS 408)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=408 (accessed on May 17, 2025).