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Series

Series: Rollinat

Keywords

Figure composition:
- male »
Landscape:
- forest »
- fern »
- rock(s) »
Sites, France:
- Fontainebleau »
Inspiration:
- Rollinat, Maurice »

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Classification: Watercolour

Theme: figurative

Medium: Pen, black ink and watercolour

Support: On paper

Year: 1943

PS 503

Pensive Rollinat Lying on a Rock

1943

Pen, black ink and watercolour on paper

18 11/16 x 21 5/16 in. (47.5 x 54 cm) (sight size)

Signed and dated lower left: Philippe/ Smit/ 43

On the back: a metal plate: Mme Smit on the frame lower left.

Collection Florence Leteneur-Castellani, Paris

Inventories

Inv. Berendina Hubscher, n.d. [ante 1952], s.n., private archives: no. [42]: p. 2, Acquarelle [sic]: Rollinat dans l'automne.

Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [43]: p. [4], chambre: Smit Philippe - 'Hommage à Rollinat'/ Dessin aquarellé signé en bas à gauche, 47 x 54 [cm].

Provenance

Berendina Hubscher

Lotty Urban-Leteneur (by descent)

Florence Leteneur (by descent)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

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. "Pensive Rollinat Lying on a Rock, 1943 (PS 503)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=503 (accessed on May 9, 2025).

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