The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
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PS 483 (P 1500)
Angel Blowing the Trumpet, Study
Alternate title: Angels Blowing Pipes
1941
Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper
19 1/2 x 24 13/16 in. (49.5 x 63 cm) (sight size)
Dedicated and signed lower left: My dear Marijke et Theo/ love your uncle/ Philippe
On the back: fragment of the exhibition label Philadelphia on the protective backing cardboard upper center.
Inventories
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 1500: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, Four Descending Trumpeting Angels on light blue background, marked to the left: 'My Dear Maryke and Theodore, Love Your Uncle Philippe.', Smit, Drawing, 20 x 25 1/2 [in.].
Provenance
Exhibitions
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 50, 20 x 25 1/2 [in.], 1933, Angels Blowing Pipes, 11-1960-50 (title and n° on receipt of return).
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Record last updated April 18, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Angel Blowing the Trumpet, Study, 1941 (PS 483)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=483 (accessed on May 9, 2025).