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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Charcoal heightened with white chalk

Support: On paper

Year: 1938

PS 461 (P 1518)

Vision of the Lord on a White Horse, Study

1938–40

Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper

43 5/16 x 51 3/8 in. (110 x 130.5 cm)

Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn, PA

Inventories

Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1518: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Study for: 'Vision of the Lord on a White Horse' (Three Heads, two Horses), Smit, Drawing, 43 x 51 1/2 [in.].

Provenance

Theodore Pitcairn

Richard & Ruth Yardumian (most likely a gift from the above who had great admiration for the composer Richard Yardumian)

Glencairn Museum, Bryn Athyn/PA, Inv. L.0021 (loan of the estate of Ruth Yardumian)

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No known exhibitions.

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No known published references.

Record last updated February 5, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Vision of the Lord on a White Horse, Study, 1938–40 (PS 461)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=461 (accessed on May 10, 2025).

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