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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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Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Photo: Christopher Burke Studio, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Pastel
Theme: landscape
Medium: Pastel
Support: On cardboard
Year: 1937
PS 449 (P 2504)
Summer Night
1937
Pastel on cardboard
66 x 58 1/8 in. (167.5 x 147.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe Smit/ 1937
On the back: a handwritten label: Laren/ N° 2504/ Summer Night on the protective backing panel upper center and a metal plate: Mme Smit on the frame lower left.
Collection Laren & Mary Eleanor Pitcairn, USA
Inventories
Inv. Berendina Hubscher, n.d. [ante 1952], s.n., private archives: no. [41] [P 2504]: p. 2, Pastels: Figure de femme au bord d'un étang; clair de lune.
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 2504]: A Monsieur Laren Pitcairn: Pastels, 6- Nuit d'été.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 2504: Mr. Laren Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Summer Night, Pastel, 70 x 62 [in.].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Additional images
The painting Summer Night hanging above the spanish trunk in the big hall of the studio in Thoury-Ferrottes (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
The painting Summer Night hanging above the spanish trunk in the big hall of the studio in Thoury-Ferrottes (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
Record last updated March 30, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Summer Night, 1937 (PS 449)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=449 (accessed on May 14, 2025).