John Frederick Peto (1854-1907)

Crumbs of Comfort

Details

John Frederick Peto (1854-1907)
Crumbs of Comfort
signed and dated 'J.F. Peto/11.81' (lower right)--signed and dated again and inscribed with title (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm.)

Provenance

Victor Spark, New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

Detroit Institute of Arts, exhibition catalogue, 1968.
J. Wilmerding, Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America, Washington, D.C., 1983, pp. 72-73, no. 50, illustrated.
Westmoreland Museum of Art, Penn's Promise: Still Life Painting in Pennsylvania, 1795-1930, exhibition catalogue, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1988, pp. 5, 75, no. 92, illustrated.

Exhibited

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, circa 1955.
Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1968.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Penn's Promise: Still Life Painting in Pennsylvania, 1795-1930, May 29-July 31, 1988, no. 92.

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Lot Essay

John Wilmerding wrote of the present work, "There are a couple of canvases from [Peto's] earlier career which will serve as a transition from the parlor to kitchen subject matter. One of these is Crumbs of Comfort of 1881, a rare work that is signed and dated on the front and titled on the reverse. (Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Paintings in Nineteenth-Century America, Washington, D.C., 1983, p. 72)

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