Take Your Choice
1885
John Frederick Peto
Artist, American, 1854 - 1907
West Building Main Floor, Gallery M65
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 51.4 x 76.8 cm (20 1/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2025.89.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John W. Barnes [1902-1964], New York, by 1950; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); sold 18 January 1973 to John Wilmerding, New York [1938-2024]; bequest 2025 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1962
Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1962.
1972
Faces and Places: Changing Images of Nineteenth Century America, no. 76, repro.
1983
Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-Life Painting in Nineteenth Century America, National Gallery of Art, The Amon Carter Museum, 1983, n. 122, repro.
2004
American Masters from Bingham to Eakins. The John Wilmerding Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no. 24, repro.
Bibliography
1950
_John F. Peto. Exhibition catalogue, Brooklyn Museum, 1950: 15.
1969
Frankenstein, Alfred. After the Hunt: William Harnett and Other American Still Life Painters 1870-1900. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1969: 21, 22-23, 102.
2004
"The John Wilmerding Collection: 'A Cause for Celebration.'" Antiques and the Arts Weekly(November 2004): 67, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: J.F. Peto
inscribed on the verso: TAKE YOUR CHOICE / ARTIST / PHILA / PA