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John Frederick Peto (1854–1907)

Pistol, Gate Latch and Powder Horn

APG 16146D

c. 1887

JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854–1907), "Pistol, Gate Latch and Powder Horn," about 1887. Oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.
JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854–1907), "Pistol, Gate Latch and Powder Horn," about 1887. Oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. Showing replica gilded oak frame.

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JOHN FREDERICK PETO (1854–1907)
Pistol, Gate Latch and Powder Horn, about 1887
Oil on canvas, 14 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.
Signed and inscribed (on the back): J. F. Peto. ISLAND HEIGHTS / N. J.

RECORDED: Alfred Frankenstein, After the Hunt (1969), p. 20 pl. 15

EXHIBITED: The Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1950 // La Jolla Museum of Art, California, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, 1965, The Reminiscent Object, [n.p.] no. 32 // The Katonah Gallery, New York, 1980, Plane Truths: American Trompe L’oeil Painting, [n.p.] no. 32 illus. // M. Shoemaker & Co., Inc., Utica, New York, 1981, An Exhibition of American Sporting Paintings, 1860–1940, [n.p.] no. 7 illus. // The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1992, Just Gathered, n.n. // Debra Force Fine Art, New York, 2000, Philadelphia: A Crossroads for American Art, 1750–2000, [n.p.] [n.n.] illus. in color // John F. Peto Studio Museum, Island Heights, New Jersey, 2012, John Frederick Peto: The Man, The Artist, The Legacy, pl. D illus. in color // John F. Peto  Studio Museum, Island Heights, New Jersey, 2015, John Frederick Peto: Discovering Hidden Meanings , p. 7 detail illus. in color

EX COLL.: Mr. and Mrs. James Moore Bryant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Island Heights, New Jersey; to Mr. and Mrs. Cheston M.B. Keyser, Island Heights, New Jersey, until 1977; to [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1977]; to private collection, 1977 until the present
 

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