Still Life in Horseshoe Frame

Provenance

Private collection

Michael Altman Fine Art & Advisory Services, New York, New York, acquired from above

Related Works

Books, Mug, Pipe and Violin, ca. 1880, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches; Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Mug, Pipe and Match, ca. 1887, oil on board, 6⅛ x 9¼ inches; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Mug, Book, Biscuits, and Match, 1893, oil on wood, 3 15/16 x 4¾ inches; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Note: This work exemplifies John Frederick Peto’s mastery of the trompe l’oeil technique, which he often depicted in his still life paintings. The smoking pipe, book, and matches are typical of the banal objects he chose to depict.