The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
Catalogue entry
PS 432
L'artiste au béret rouge (The artist with Red Beret)
Alternate titles: Autoportrait; L'artiste au béret rouge; Portrait du peintre à faluche rouge
1935
Pastel on cardboard
12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in. (31 x 22 cm) (sight size)
Signed with initials upper right: Ph.S
On the back: a metal plate: Lottie Urban on the frame lower left.
Inventories
Inv. Lotty Urban-Leteneur, n.d. [ante 1953], s.n., private archives: no. [31], p. [1], Pastels: Portrait de l'artiste au béret rouge.
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [59], p. [6], deuxième hall: Smit Philippe - 'Autoportrait'/ Pastel monogramé en haut à droite, 30 x 22 [cm].
Provenance
Exhibitions
Musée municipal, Noyers-sur-Serein, Yonne, France, Le Mystère Philippe Smit 1886 - 1948, April 01–November 30, 2000, as Autoportrait.
Literature & Primary Sources
Massé, René. Journal. 1920-21, 1924, 1929-31, 1933-1935, 10-12-1935, p. [33] ("… his portrait …").
Pouvreau, Marcel. La Marseillaise de Seine-et-Marne, 10-08-1948, p. ?, as Portrait du peintre à faluche rouge.
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 28, as L'artiste au béret rouge.
Notes
"[…] Philippe montre son portrait qu'il vient d’offrir à Dien [Berendina] pour/ la Saint-Nicolas en béret rouge et chemise rouge (pastel) […]" (… Philippe shows his portrait, which he had just given to Dien [Berendina] for Saint Nicolas, with a red beret and red shirt (pastel). …) (Massé, 10 December 1935, p. [33])
Record last updated March 21, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "L'artiste au béret rouge (The artist with Red Beret), 1935 (PS 432)." The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. http://www.philippesmit.com/cr/catalogue/entry.php?id=432 (accessed on April 19, 2024).