The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
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PS 455 (P 1007)
Eshowe Pitcairn
Alternate title: Eshowe Pitcairn (child)
c.1938
Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper (bluish-grey)
24 x 18 1/2 in. (61 x 47 cm) (sight size)
Signed with intertwined initials lower right: PhS
On the back: exhibition label Philadelphia on the protective backing board upper center and two metal plates: Mme Pitcairn et 1007 on the frame upper left.
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 1007: p. 12, petit salon, Dessin au crayon sur papier bleu avec rehauts de blanc, par Smit./ Portrait de Eshowe. 1.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1007 F: Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Portrait of Eshowe (Filled in with white pastel), Drawing, 24 x 18 1/2 [in.].
Exhibitions
The Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, Philippe Smit, An Exhibition of Works by a Twentieth Century Dutch Master, December 01–29, 1957, no. 32, as Eshowe Pitcairn, Drawing with touch of pastel - Circa 1938, 32 x 26 [in.]
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 58, Eshowe Pitcairn (child), 11-1960-58 (title and n° on the exhibition label).
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Record last updated October 31, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Eshowe Pitcairn, c.1938 (PS 455)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=455 (accessed on May 9, 2025).