JOHN FREDERICK PETO | FORGOTTEN FRIENDS: CANDLESTICK AND BOOKS ON TABLE

JOHN FREDERICK PETO
1854 - 1907
FORGOTTEN FRIENDS: CANDLESTICK AND BOOKS ON TABLE

signed J.F. Peto (lower right) and bears inscription (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
16 by 10 inches
(40.6 by 25.4 cm)

Condition Report:
The canvas is lined with wax and there is fine surface cracking throughout. There are metal spacers affixed to all four tacking edges. Under UV: there is inpainting to address frame abrasion, a thin vertical line in the pages of the book near center right edge and a thin vertical line in the green background ant lower right. There are a few other scattered spots.

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Provenance:
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1970s