Larensche Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Philippe Smit, April 01–30, 1916, no. 8, as Osny, peinture (this exhibit corresponds most probably to [PS 66]).

Literature & Primary Sources

Philippe Smit 1912/13a

Philippe Smit. ALS to Nico and Berendina Urban. Osny, n.d. [1912/13].

Philippe Smit 1912/13c

Philippe Smit. ALS to Nicolaas and Berendina Urban (fragment). Osny, n.d. [1912/13].

Notes

"Je suis en ce moment a Osny/ ce delicieux petit pays./ Mais il fait un froid a/ la la. […] Moi je suis content je suis/ entrain de faire un pastel/ assez grand et une peinture/ d’une grand dimension/ Je vais vous en faire un/ croquis [fig. 1] […]" [sic] (Right at this moment I am in Osny, this wonderful little land. But it is very cold. […] I am happy I am doing a pastel, rather large and also a large painting. I make you a sketch of it [fig. 1] [...]) (Philippe Smit 1912/13a)

This sketch or another one, a view of the village, which also appears in a letter (fig. 2), could correspond to the painting shown at Larensche Kunsthandel.

Additional images

FIG. 1
Philippe Smit 1912/13a, p. 2.

FIG. 2
Philippe Smit 1912/13c p. 2.

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Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Osny, c.1912–13 (PS 66)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=66 (accessed on March 14, 2025).

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