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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Classification: Painting
Theme: landscape
Medium: Oil
Support: On canvas
Year: 1939
PS 463 (P 3500)
Château du Bouchet
1939
Oil on canvas
41 3/8 x 65 in. (105 x 165 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe Smit/ 1939
On the back: a handwritten label: Feodor Pitcairn/ N° 3500/ Old Chateau w. Heron in/ Foreground on the stretcher in the center. On the back of the original frame, kept sepearately from the painting, a piece of paper tape inscribed: Le Château du Bouchet/ ou (l'Etang rouge)/ 19 upper center.
Siri Yardumian Hurst, USA
Inventories
Inv. Berendina Hubscher, n.d. [ante 1952], s.n., private archives: no. [13] [P 3500]: p. [1], Toiles: Château du Bouchet.
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 3500]: A Monsieur Feodor Pitcairn: Tableau, 2- Vieux Château sur les bords d'un étang, héron au premier plan.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 3500: Mr. Feodor Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Old Chateau on a Lake (Heron in foreground), Oil, 41 1/4 x 65 1/4 [in.].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Additional images
The painting in its original frame designed and painted by the artist placed on an easel in the studio at Thoury-Ferrottes (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
The painting in its original frame designed and painted by the artist placed on an easel in the studio at Thoury-Ferrottes (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
Photo: © FdDPS
Château du Bouchet, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
Château du Bouchet, historical postcard (private archives, Paris)
PS 463 - postcard
PS 463 - postcard
Photo: © FdDPS
Record last updated September 15, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Château du Bouchet, 1939 (PS 463)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=463 (accessed on May 10, 2025).