Great American Still Life: A Composition with Artichoke, Apple, Apricot, and Foil
Entry/Object ID
2005.9
Artwork Details
Medium
Colored pencil on paper
Context
Credit Line: Purchased by the Canton Museum of Art
in memory of Margretta Bockius Wilson
Made/Created
Artist
Lowell Tolstedt
Date made
2004
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Frame Size
Height
23-3/4 in
Width
29-7/8 in
Dimension Description
Image Size
Height
13 in
Width
19-3/4 in
Interpretative 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.
