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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Drawing
Theme: figurative
Support: On paper
Year: 1946
PS 539 (P 3001)
Egyptian Figure
1946
Charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper (brown)
32 5/16 x 23 3/16 in. (82 x 59 cm) (sight size)
Dedicated and signed upper left: à ma chère Eschowe [sic]/ pour tont [sic]/ anniversaire/ de/ Philippe
On the back: a label: Eshowe/ N° 3001/ Egyptian Figure Seated on the protective backing cardboard upper center.
Mark & Janice Pennink, USA
Inventories
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 3001: Mrs. John Pennink, Egyptian Figure (seated), Drawing, 32 x 23 [in.].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes

This drawing was done after a seated statue of Enehy (Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty) (fig. 1) which was in Theodore Pitcairn's collection. It was sold to the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, in 1976.1

1. See "Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt" (exhibition catalogue Cincinnati and Brooklyn), Cincinnati Art Museum, 1996, no. 35a.

Additional images
FIG. 1 Satue in the Pitcairn house, Bryn Athyn, to its right a part of the painting Meditation [PS 434] visible (old photograph, LNC archives).
FIG. 1
Satue in the Pitcairn house, Bryn Athyn, to its right a part of the painting Meditation [PS 434] visible (old photograph, LNC archives).
Record last updated May 16, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Egyptian Figure, 1946 (PS 539)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=539 (accessed on December 3, 2025).