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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Charcoal heightened with white chalk

Support: On cardboard

Year: 1938

PS 459

Head of a Bearded Man, Study

Alternate title: Etude pour vision du Seigneur sur un cheval blanc (Study for the vision of the Lord on a White Horse)

1938–40

Charcoal heightened with white chalk on cardboard (light grey)

23 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. (59 x 45 cm)

Neither signed, nor dated

Collection Madame Leteneur-Pichon

Inventories

Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [96]: p. [9], palier - salon: Smit Philippe - 'Etude'/ Fusain, 58 x 45 [cm].

Provenance

Lotty Urban-Leteneur

Corinne Leteneur (by descent)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

Niehaus 1955

Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 28, as Etude pour vision du Seigneur sur un cheval blanc (Study for the vision of the Lord on a White Horse).

Notes

This drawing, a study for the large painting Vision [PS 460], corresponds most probably to n° 96 of the inventory "Leteneur, 1977".

Record last updated April 29, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Head of a Bearded Man, Study, 1938–40 (PS 459)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=459 (accessed on May 10, 2025).

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