The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani
PS 353
Angel of the Twilight
Alternate titles: Ange tricotant (Knitting Angel); La tombée du jour (The Dusk); The Close of Day, La Tombée du Jour
After 1930, reworked in 1948
Pastel on cardboard
35 1/8 x 23 5/8 in. (89 x 60 cm)
Signed and dated near bottom center: Philippe Smit '3?; titled and signed at the top of the back of the cardboard: Ange/ du/ crépuscule/ Philippe Smit
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. [65]: p. 2, Pastels: Figure d'Ange tricotant.
Inv. Leteneur, n.d. [1977], n.p., s.n., private archives: no. [08]: p. [1], salon: Smit Philippe - 'Ange tricotant'/ Pastel signé en bas au milieu, 59 x 88 [sic] [cm].
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
Niehaus, Kasper. Philippe Smit, unkown genius. Revised and edited by Marjorie Bell. Typescript, 1955, p. 19, as The Close of Day, La Tombée du Jour.
Notes
As a consequence of the lorry crash on the 31 January 1948 during the transport to the exhibition at Galerie Maurs1 the colours of this work were according to the statement of the damages "altogether mixed"2. This pastel is apparently one of those works which were selected at the very last moment for the exhibition as it is not listed in the catalogue.3
1. See 1948 Maurs.
2. "Statement of the damage caused at Plessis-Chenet …", n.d. [1948], 4 typwritten pages, p. 3, (LNC archives).
3. See also [PS 256] and [PS 303].
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Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Angel of the Twilight, After 1930, reworked in 1948 (PS 353)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=353 (accessed on December 21, 2024).