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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
Catalogue entry
PS 94 (P 2503)
Jeune fille pensive (Pensive Girl)
Alternate titles: Emma; Emma aux nattes (Emma with Hair in Tresses); Jeune fille pensive
Before 1914
Pastel on cardboard
34 11/16 x 25 in. (88 x 63.5 cm) (sight size)
Signed lower left: Philippe
On the back: exhibition label Philadelphia and a handwritten label: Laren/ N° 2503/ Emma W Hair in Tresses on the protective backing panel upper right and upper center respectively.
Inventories
Donation Berendina Hubscher, 20-06-1952, (attestation 03-09-1953), n.p., s.n. private archives: no. [P 2503]: A Monsieur Laren Pitcairn: Pastels, 3- Emma aux nattes, blouse blanche.
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 2503: Mr. Laren Pitcairn (donation by Mrs. Smit), Emma with Hair in Tresses, Pastel, 36 x 26 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 2503: p. 3, The Main Residence - Small Living Room, Emma with hair in tresses, Pastel, 36 x 26 [in.].
Provenance
Berendina Hubscher
Laren Pitcairn (donation from the above in 1952 - 2018)
Mary Eleanor Pitcairn (2018)
Exhibitions
1916 Larensche Kunsthandel
Larensche Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Philippe Smit, April 01–30, 1916, ?, as Jeune fille pensive (see Zelling).1960 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection of the Rev. and Mrs. Theodore Pitcairn, June 17–September 15, 1960, no. 41, Pastel, 36 x 26 [in.], 1920, Emma, 11-1960-41 (title and n° on the exhibition label).Literature & Primary Sources
Zelling 1916
Zelling, Anton. "Philippe Smit." De Hofstad, 15-04-1916, p. 1, as Jeune fille pensive.Notes
See biographical note on Emma Smit.
Record last updated October 7, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Jeune fille pensive (Pensive Girl), Before 1914 (PS 94)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=94 (accessed on June 28, 2025).