Lot 50
  • 50

John Frederick Peto

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • John Frederick Peto
  • Still Life with Books
  • inscribed Painted by my father / John Frederick Peto / Helen Peto Smiley on the reverse
  • oil on board, unframed
  • 6 by 9 in.
  • (15.2 by 22.8 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs. Helen P. Smiley, Island Heights, New Jersey (the artist's daughter)
Private Collection, Island Heights, New Jersey
By descent in the family to the present owner (his daughter)

Condition

SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: too dark to discern any inpainting (This painting was recently restored)
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