The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
PS 411
Autumn Forest, Fontainebleau
1933
Pastel on cardboard
33 7/8 x 29 5/8 in. (86 x 75 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe Smit 1933
On the back: a metal plate: Lottie Urban on the frame lower right.
Inventories
Inv. Lotty Urban-Leteneur, n.d. [ante 1953], s.n., private archives: no. [58]: p. 2, Pastels: Arbres moussus dans la forêt et fougères en automne.
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [81]: p. [8], chambre - salon: Smit Philippe - 'Arbre mort'/ panneau signé en bas à gauche, 87 x 75 [cm].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
Massé, René. Journal. 1920-21, 1924, 1929-31, 1933-1935, 02-04-1933, p. [22] ("… g) Automne' fougère …").
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]/ […] g) 'Automne' fougère que je revois avec joie. […]" (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]….g) "Autumn" ferns which I am happy to see again. …) (Massé, 2 April 1933, p. [21 & 22])
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Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Autumn Forest, Fontainebleau, 1933 (PS 411)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=411 (accessed on May 16, 2025).