Still Life with Mug, Pipe, and Book
Artist
John Frederick Peto
American, 1854 - 1907
Date1880
Place of OriginPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
MediumOil on artists board (cardboard)
DimensionsBoard: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 13 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (34.9 × 40 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 13 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (34.9 × 40 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.33
On View
On viewCollections
- American Paintings & Sculpture
SignedSigned and dated on back: "John F. Peto 1880".
DescriptionTabletop still-life. A large, banded, stoneware mug on the left, a pipe with its stem overhanging the center front edge of the table, and a book 'tented' open at the right, its bound edge facing up and the covers acting as 'legs'). Scattered among these elements are three soda crackers and crumbs and used wooden matches.Exhibition History"Democratic Vistas: 150 Years of American Art from Regional Collections," University Art Museum, University at Albany, 1994. "Focus On: John Frederick Peto," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Oct. 18- Dec. 1, 1996.
"Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Apr. 27- July 27, 2003.Provenanceby 1955, New York, NY, M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.
1955, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
Lucas van Leyden
ca. 1510
