JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854-1907) - photo 1
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JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854-1907)

Lot 29
22.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1536647
Lot 29 | JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854-1907)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854-1907)
Office Board for John F. Peto
signed and inscribed 'Mr. John F Peto/Island Heights/N.J' (on the envelope at upper right)—dated '1904' (on the postmark)
oil on board
10 ½ x 12 ¼ in. (26.7 x 31.1 cm.)
Painted in 1904.




Provenance

The artist.
Helen Peto Smiley, Island Heights, New Jersey, daughter of the above, by 1950.
Oscar and Maria Salzer, Los Angeles, California, by 1964.
Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, Fresno, California, gift from the above, 1982.
Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2010, lot 5, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

D.J. Brewer, "Reality and Deception: Exhibition at the University of Southern California," American Art Review, vol. II, no. 1, January-February 1975, p. 84, illustrated (as The Artist's Signboard).
J. Wilmerding, Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1983, pp. 164, 167, fig. 154, illustrated.
L. Solis-Cohen, "The Spring American Paintings Auctions," Maine Antique Digest, August 2010, p. 11D, illustrated.



Exhibited

Northampton, Massachusetts, Smith College Museum of Art; Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn Museum; San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, John F. Peto, March 1-July 9, 1950, p. 49, no. 46, cover illustration.
Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas, Museum of Art, The Salzer Collection: Trompe-L'oeil and Still Life Paintings, October 4-November 1, 1964, p. 22, no. 36.
La Jolla, California, La Jolla Museum of Art; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Reminiscent Object: Paintings by William Michael Harnett, John Frederick Peto and John Haberle, July 11-October 31, 1965, n.p., no. 49, illustrated.
Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Reality and Deception, October 16, 1974-April 20, 1975, n.p., no. 53, illustrated (as The Artist's Signboard).
Fresno, California, Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, Portraits of Objects: Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection of Still Life and Trompe-L'oeil Paintings, April 1984, n.p., no. 35, illustrated (as The Artist's Signboard).
Nagoya City, Japan, Nagoya City Art Museum; Tokyo, Japan, Bunkamura Museum of Art; Kobe, Japan, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Visual Deception, April 11-November 3, 2009, n.p., no. 47, illustrated.
Artist:John Frederick Peto (1854 - 1907)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Genre:Still life
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