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Classification: Painting

Theme: figurative

Medium: Oil

Support: On canvas

Year: 1947

PS 544

Comedians on a Horse-Drawn Carriage

1947

Oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 21 11/16 in. (46 x 55 cm)

Signed lower right: Philippe Smit

Collection Gabrielle Guillemin-Metcalfe, UK

Provenance

Geneviève Tambuté-Defarges (gift from the artist about 1947/1948)

Gabrielle Guillemin-Metcalfe (gift from the above about 1984)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Notes

Geneviève Tambuté, eldest daughter of Lotty Urban-Leteneur, remembers sitting at the age of three on the artist's lap while he was painting this popular festivity scene which he offered her afterwards.

Record last updated February 10, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Comedians on a Horse-Drawn Carriage, 1947 (PS 544)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=544 (accessed on December 3, 2025).

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