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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS

Series

Series: Self-Portrait

Keywords

Portrait:
- self portrait »
Figure composition:
- male »

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Classification: Drawing

Theme: figurative

Medium: Charcoal heightened with white chalk

Support: On paper

Year: 1946

PS 527

Self-Portrait

1946

Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper (brown)

15 3/16 x 12 3/8 in. (38.5 x 31.5 cm) (sight size)

Dedicated and signed lower right: a [sic] mon cher petit/ Mark/ de son oncle/ Philippe

Collection Laren & Mary Eleanor Pitcairn, USA

Provenance

Mark Jeremy Pitcairn (gift from the artiste)

Miriam Pitcairn-Mitchell (by descent)

Sale of the above estate: Cyr Auction Company, Wells/Maine, 16 July 2008, lot 30

Laren & Mary Eleanor Pitcairn (bought at the above sale - 2018)

Mary Eleanor Pitcairn (2018)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Record last updated November 11, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Self-Portrait, 1946 (PS 527)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=527 (accessed on December 2, 2025).

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