The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
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PS 547
Window at la Motte
Alternate title: Fenêtre à la "Motte"
1948
Pastel on cardboard
44 1/8 x 28 in. (112 x 71 cm) (sight size)
Signed and dated upper right: Philippe/ Smit/ 1948
Inventories
Inv. Lotty Urban-Leteneur, n.d. [ante 1953], s.n., private archives: no. [37]: p. 2, Pastels: Fenêtre à la Motte (1).
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [03]: p. [1], salon: Smit Philippe - 'Fenêtre à Thorony [sic]'/ Pastel signé en haut à droite 1948, 112 x 72 [cm].
Exhibitions
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04–18, 1948, no. 83, as Fenêtre à la "Motte", 1947 (CMS); not shown; we do not know if this painting matches with this catalogue n° or with n° 85 which has the same title.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes
This pastel is most probably a version made in 1948 to replace the one selected for the exhibition at Maurs and according to the statement of the damages "completely destroyed”1 in the lorry crash.2
1. "Statement of the damage caused at Plessis-Chenet …", n.d. [1948], 4 typwritten pages, p. 3 (LNC archives).
2. See 1948 Maurs.
Record last updated February 20, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Window at la Motte, 1948 (PS 547)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=547 (accessed on December 3, 2025).