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John Frederick Peto 1854 - 1907
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- John Frederick Peto
- Peanuts–Fresh Roasted, Well Toasted
- inscribed J.S. (lower right); also inscribed on the original painted frame in which the work is inset Peanuts–/Fresh Roasted/Well Toasted (lower center)
- oil on board in original painted panel frame
- board: 7 by 10 inches (17.8 by 25.4 cm)
- frame: 10 3/4 by 16 inches (27.3 by 40.6 cm)
- Painted circa 1904.
Provenance
Julia Schock Nash, Mercantile, New Jersey (acquired from the artist)
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, February 2, 1979, lot 420, illustrated)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, February 2, 1979, lot 420, illustrated)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Exhibited
Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art (lent by Mrs. A. Wilbur Nash)
Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Plane Truths: American Trompe L'Oeil Painting, June-July 1980
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, January-September 1983, pp. 91, 251, illustrated fig. 80
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery of Art, More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe L'Oeil, December 1985-April 1986
Katonah, New York, The Katonah Gallery, Plane Truths: American Trompe L'Oeil Painting, June-July 1980
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, January-September 1983, pp. 91, 251, illustrated fig. 80
Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art; West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Gallery of Art, More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe L'Oeil, December 1985-April 1986