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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Support: On paper

Year: 1941

PS 489

Cello Player, Study

c.1941–42

Charcoal heightened white chalk on paper (brown)

18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (47 x 30 cm) (sight size)

Neither signed, nor dated

Private collection, USA

Provenance

Theodore Pitcairn

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

Miryam Yardumian (gift from Ruth Yardumian)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Notes

See commentary [PS 488].

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. "Cello Player, Study, c.1941–42 (PS 489)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=489 (accessed on May 9, 2025).

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