Signed, dated and titled on the back of the protective backing board: Eglise d'Auvers sur Oise/ 1906/ Philippe Smit (title and date strenghtened by another hand)

Collection Roland-Nicolas Boudeau, France

Inventories

Inv. Nicolaas Urban, Tableaux Philippe, n.d. [ante 1955], private archives: no. 19: Petite aquarel [sic] de l'église à Auvers s. O.

Provenance

Nicolaas Urban

Jeanne Urban-Boudeau (by descent)

Roland-Nicolas Boudeau (by descent)

Exhibitions

No known exhibitions.

Literature & Primary Sources

No known published references.

Notes

This rise toward to the church, a work from his beginnings, is the only completed view known to us of Auvers-sur-Oise. Philippe Smit returns there regularly from 1911 up until the Great War. In his letters and cards, he speaks of work projects of which we have received some sketches: a coloured study of the same view (fig. 1), which should be dated around this period, and three other sketches of a street in Auvers, one appearing in a letter, another larger one (fig. 2) in one of his drawing folders and a third one, a fragment of a letter, known from a copy. See also Chronology 1912.

Additional images

Phlippe Smit, APCS to his father, n.d. [January 1913] (private archives, Paris).

FIG. 1
Sketch, c. 8,5 x 5cm; 3 5/16 x 2 in., known from a copy (private collection, Netherlands).

PS 14 - postcard

Photo: © FdDPS

FIG.2
Sketch, brush and black ink on paper, c. 15,5 x 16cm; 6 1/8 x 6 5/16 in. (private archives, Paris).

Record last updated September 16, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

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