The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
Photo: droits réservés; FdDPS
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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; FdDPS
Original frame designed and painted by the artist.

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Classification: Pastel »
Theme: landscape »
Medium: Pastel »
Support: on cardboard »
Year(s): 1923 »
PS 242 (P 199; LNC 114)
Lanscape of Recloses with View of La Colonie
Verso: The Death on a Horse, Study
1923
Pastel on cardboard
28 13/16 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Philippe/ 1923
On the back: a handwritten label: Recloses with Fruit Trees in Bloom/ N° 199/ Theodore Pitcairn on the protective backing panel upper center.
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA
Inventories
Inv. T. P., Ptgs etc. at Bryn Athyn, n.d. [c. 1940], Glencairn archives: no. [26] [P 199], p. [1], Village of Reclose[s] - Broom Flowers, 37 1/2 x 29 1/2 [in.].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 199, Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Village of Recloses (with fruit trees in bloom), Smit, Pastel, 29 x 37 1/2 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 199, p. 3, The Main Residence - Dining Room, Recloses, with fruit trees in bloom, Pastel, 29 x 37 1/2 [in.].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes

La composition inachevée au dos du pastel, la seule connue de cette époque, peut être liée avec le thème des chevaliers de l'Apocalypse, sujet traité dans les années 1938-40 (voir [PS 460]).

Additional images
Berendina Urban and Philippe Smit in front of the painting, in the house of Theodore Pitcairn, who is seated to the left with Miriam on his lap (old photograph, 1928/29, private archives, Paris)
Record last updated January 9, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Lanscape of Recloses with View of La Colonie, 1923 (PS 242)." The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. http://www.philippesmit.com/cr/catalogue/entry.php?id=242 (accessed on April 20, 2024).