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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Charcoal heightened with white chalk

Support: On paper

Year: 1942

PS 492

Buste of Young Man, Study

1942

Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper (blue)

12 3/16 x 9 5/16 in. (31 x 23.5 cm) (sight size)

Signed lower right: Ph. Smit

Collection Madame Leteneur-Pichon

Inventories

Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [72] ?: p. [7], chambre d'ami: Smit Philippe - 'Etude pour Saint Sébastien'/ sur papier bleu, pierre noire et blanche, 31 x 21 [cm].

Provenance

Lotty Urban-Leteneur

Corinne Leteneur (by descent)

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No known exhibitions.

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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. "Buste of Young Man, Study, 1942 (PS 492)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=492 (accessed on May 10, 2025).

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