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Office Board, (painting). Artist:  Peto, John Frederick, 1854-1907, painter. Title:  Office Board, (painting). Dates:  1885. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  24 3/8 x 19 7/8 in. (61.9 x 50.5 cm). Inscription:  (Lower right:) John F. Peto / 4.85. / Phila. (On back:) OFFICE BOARD / JOHN F. PETO / ARTIST / 4.85 signed Description:  A trompe l'oeil still life with taped grid containing a postcard and a letter addressed to Dr. Bernard Goldberg at his office on Chestnut Street, a photograph of a man, possibly Dr. Bernard Goldberg, a folded magazine, a folded bulletin, a publication opened to a picture of a waterfall, and a few letters. Subject:  Still Life -- Trompe L'Oeil Still Life -- Written Matter -- Letter Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 55.176 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Downtown Gallery, New York, New York by 1949. Robsjohn-Gibbings, T. H., New York, New York 1949-1953. Guerry, George P., New York, New York 1953. Magriel, Paul, New York, New York 1953-1955. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 172. Illustration:  Image on file. Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 172. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120568   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120568 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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