# Still Life

**Preston Dickinson** (American, 1891–1930)  
c. 1924  
oil on canvas  
Framed: 75.5 x 91 x 5.5 cm (29 3/4 x 35 13/16 x 2 3/16 in.); Unframed: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1926.1664. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1926.1664).

## About this work

Preston Dickinson’s composition presents a seemingly casual arrangement of eggplants and lemons amid a tabletop setting with a bowl, knife, and napkins. A loosely corked bottled beverage stands at left, and a lightly sketched chairback occupies an otherwise empty background.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Preston Dickinson painted this in about 1924, aged about 28. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Preston Dickinson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/preston-dickinson)

American, 1891–1930

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: America
- The artist was about 28
- Real size: about 24 × 30 in (61 × 77 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/462.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/462/1920.jpg
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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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