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

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Classification: Pastel »
Theme: landscape »
Medium: Oil »
Support: on canvas »
Year(s): 1924 »
PS 247 (P 134)
Les Rochers aux Genêts (Rocks with Broom)
Alternate title: Les Rochers aux Genêts
1924, reworked at a later date
Oil on canvas
51 5/8 x 56 5/16 in. (131 x 143 cm)
Signed and dated lower center: Philippe Smit 1924
On the back: a handwritten label: Theod. P./ 134 on the frame upper right.
Private collection, USA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 134, p. 13, escalier, Tableau par Philippe Smit./ Paysage de la forêt de Fontainebleau avec rochers et genêts. 9.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 134 F, Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Landscape in the Forest of Fontaine Bleau [sic] W. Rocks & Gentians dated 1924, Smit, Oil, 50 1/2 x 54 [in.].
Provenance
Marcia Pitcairn-Kennedy (by descent)
Mark Pennink (gift from the above)
Mark Andre Arrimour(gift from the above)
Exhibitions
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, France, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 86, as Les Rochers aux Genêts, 1931, (CP).
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes
According to family lore Philippe Smit added the castle to the top of the hill when restoring the painting. Given the fact that the statement of the damages1 does not indicate any damages to the canvas due to the lorry crash when delivering it to the exhibition at Galerie Maurs2, the artist must have retouched it before this incident.


1. "Statement of the damage caused at Plessis-Chenet …," 4 typewritten pages, p. 2 (LNC archives).
2. See 1948 Maurs.

 

Additional images
Old photograph of the painting taken before its restauration (LNC archives).
Record last updated April 25, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Les Rochers aux Genêts (Rocks with Broom), 1924, reworked at a later date (PS 247)." The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. http://www.philippesmit.com/cr/catalogue/entry.php?id=247 (accessed on March 28, 2024).