Name/Title
Great American Still Life: A Composition with Artichoke, Apple, Apricot, and FoilEntry/Object ID
2005.9Artwork Details
Medium
Colored pencil on paperContext
Credit Line: Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art
in memory of Margretta Bockius WilsonDimensions
Dimension Description
Frame SizeHeight
23-3/4 inWidth
29-7/8 inDimension Description
Image SizeHeight
13 inWidth
19-3/4 inInterpretative Labels
Label
Tolstedt has a national reputation for highly realistic renderings of pieces of fruit or bits of candy. He revels in the crinkly textures of tin foil and its reflections. In depicting these simple, everyday items, he’s asking us to take a closer look at the things that are generally taken for granted, and notice their beauty.