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DEACON ROBERT PECKHAM (1785-1877)

Lot 511
24.01.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 511 | DEACON ROBERT PECKHAM (1785-1877)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
DEACON ROBERT PECKHAM (1785-1877)
OLIVER ADAMS
oil on panel
33 x 23 ½ in.
Painted circa 1822.




Provenance

Mr. Oliver Adams (1790-1839) and Mrs. Ziplah (Sawyer) Adams (1795-1852), Suffolk, Massachusetts, parents of the sitter
Thence by descent in the family until 1974
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
Sotheby's, New York, 9 October 1997, lot 122, as John Adams.



Literature

P. Tillou and R. P. Buck Jr., exhibition catalogue, Where Liberty Dwells: 19th-Century Art by the American People (Buffalo, New York, 1976), fig. 28, listed as 'John Adams'.
Dr. Robert Bishop, The All-American Dog (New York, 1978), p. 17, no. 9, illustrated. listed as 'John Adams'
Dale T. Johnson, 'Deacon Robert Peckham: Delineator of the Human Face Divine', The American Art Journal (January 1979), vol. XI, no. 1, p. 29, listed as 'Oliver Adams'.
Linda and Gene Kangas, 'Traditional and Contemporary Folk Art at Sotheby's, Antique Review (November 1997), p. 46, illustrated, listed as 'John Adams'.
Sue Canterbury, Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures: American Masterworks from Minnesota Collections (Minneapolis, 2009), listed as 'John Adams'.
Deborah Chotner, exhibition catalogue, Deacon Peckham’s Hobby Horse (National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012), pp. 14, 21, 37, listed as 'John Adams'.
Emily Esser, 'The Haunted Nephew (Deacon Robert Peckham)', Paintings Worth Looking At (June 7, 2024). Accessed December 16, 2024, https://www.paintingsworthlookingat.com/2024/6/the-haunted-nephew-deacon-robert-peckham.html



Exhibited

Buffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Where Liberty Dwells: 19th-Century Art by the American people: Works of Art From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, 17 January-22 February 1975; also, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Center, 25 July-29 August 1976; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 14 January-20 February 1977, Utica, New York, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 3 April-29 May 1977; Storrs, Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art at The University of Connecticut, 1982; Waterville, Maine Colby College Art Museum, 1980s.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Noble Dreams & Simple Pleasures: American Masterworks from Minnesota Collections, 22 February-3 May 2009.
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Art style:Folk Art
Genre:Portrait
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