Straw Hat, Bag, and Umbrella, 1890/early 1900s

Not on View

Medium

oil on fabric transferred from canvas board

Dimensions

overall: 40.8 × 25.56 cm (16 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

framed: 42.39 × 26.99 × 3.97 cm (16 11/16 × 10 5/8 × 1 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.39

Artists / Makers

John Frederick Peto (artist) American, 1854 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

reverse, in green pen: Painted by my father John Frederick Peto. / Helen Peto Smiley; reverse, in black pen: Blossom Smiley Bejarano 2

Provenance

(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York).[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] This was the owner in 1980, according to the Smithsonian Institution's Inventory of American Paintings, which is maintained at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. There are two Hirschl & Adler Galleries labels in the upper and lower center of the reverse of the painting that both include the gallery number APG: 7886D.

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1950: Possibly John F. Peto, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton; The Brooklyn Museum; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1950, no. 29, as Carpet Bag, Hat and Umbrella.