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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Original frame designed and painted by the artist.
Photo: Christopher Burke Studios, NY; © FdDPS
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Classification: Pastel
Theme: figurative
Medium: Pastel
Year: 1924
PS 245 (P 162)
Hommage à Chopin (Ode to Chopin)
Alternate titles: Hommage à Chopin; Hommage à Frédéric Chopin
1924, reworked in 1948
Pastel
48 1/8 x 60 1/8 in. (122 x 152.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Philippe Smit/ 1924
On the back: two metal plates: Pitcairn and 162 on the frame lower left.
This painting could not be examined during the preparation of the catalogue raisonné.
Heather Reynolds, USA
Inventories
Inv. Les Pleignes, P. Damidot, 1938, LNC archives: no. P 162: p. 11, petit salon, Pastel par Philippe Smit./ Paysage au clair de lune avec ange jouant du piano./ (Hommage à Chopin). 10.000 [FRF].
Inv. Pitcairn, n.d. [c.1957], n.p., LNC archives: no. P 162 F: Rev. Theodore Pitcairn, Hommage to Chopin, Smit Pastel, 46 x 59 [in.].
Inv. LNC, 1984, updated Oct. 1998, LNC archives: no. P 162: p. 3, The Main Residence - Large Living Room, Hommage to Chopin, Pastel, [1998: Sold, Naomia], 46 x 59 [in.].
Provenance
Theodore Pitcairn (bought in 1937)
The Lord's New Church, Bryn Athyn, PA (donation from the above)
Naomi Pitcairn (bought from the Lord’s New Church in 1987)
Heather Reynolds (gift from the above)
Exhibitions
1948 Maurs
Galerie Pierre Maurs, Paris, Peinture et Pastels de Philippe Smit, February 04, 1948, no. 78, as Hommage à Frédéric Chopin, 1924, shown ?
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus 1924b
Niehaus, Kasper. "Nieuwe Werken van Philippe Smit." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), 14-12-1924, p. 9, as Hommage à Chopin.
Niehaus 1942
Niehaus, Kasper. Levende Nederlandsche Kunst. Amsterdam: Bigot & Van Rossum, 1942, p. 205, as Hommage à Frédéric Chopin.
Niehaus 1955
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 17, as Hommage à Chopin.
Additional images
Philippe Smit seated in one of his studios, most probably in the one in Laren, to his right the pastel Ode to Chopin and the sculpture of the painting Statue of an Apostle [PS 294], behind him is visible the left part of the big painting The Soul of the River [PS 217] (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
Philippe Smit seated in one of his studios, most probably in the one in Laren, to his right the pastel Ode to Chopin and the sculpture of the painting Statue of an Apostle [PS 294], behind him is visible the left part of the big painting The Soul of the River [PS 217] (old photograph, private archives, Paris).
Record last updated May 13, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Hommage à Chopin (Ode to Chopin), 1924, reworked in 1948 (PS 245)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=245 (accessed on March 14, 2025).