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Red Plastic Plates
by Ann Toebbe

ARTIST STATEMENT

I paint interiors from memory. I choose a room that I can recall in detail, like my parent’s dining room in Red Plastic Plates.

The original artwork is made from cut paper, which I paint by hand on my studio floor, then cut into the shapes that make up the room. The cut paper pieces are even flatter, more graphic and labor-intensive than my paintings, yet more physical, due to the layers of paper; up close, you can see the glue and little imperfections that don’t exist in my paintings.

Living on the East Coast made me acutely aware of the aesthetics of my midwestern upbringing. My experiences in New York and at Yale University cast my family’s home and lifestyle in a different light: a pragmatic, mundane (and rather flat) sense of beauty, unburdened by high ideas or refinements of style. The combination of my earlier working-class tastes and the later-acquired, intensely cosmopolitan awareness of style has shaped who I am as a painter.

Red Plastic Plates captures the humor of the culture clash I sometimes feel when I introduce new people to my family. My husband and stepson were visiting my parents’ home in Cincinnati for the first time, and my mother, to my horror, insisted on serving dinner in the dining room on red plastic plates with plastic cups, plastic silverware and paper napkins. I love my mother and can now thank her for creating the image for Red Plastic Plates.

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Red Plastic Plates

by Ann Toebbe

archival pigment print
available framed

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    • 11"x8.5" 24
      Add frame 115
      • Black Frame, recommended 115
      • White Frame 115
    • 14"x11" 60
      Add frame 185
      • Black Frame, recommended 185
      • White Frame 185
    • 22"x17" 240
      Add frame 490
      • Black Frame, recommended 490
      • White Frame 490
    • 40 x 30 2400
      Add frame 3200
      • Black Frame, recommended 3200
      • White Frame 3200

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ADDITIONAL PRINT INFORMATION

  • Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
  • Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper
  • Artist-signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
  • Directly supports the artist
  • Available framed or print only

These prints are created using archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper with a matte finish.

The original has been acquired by the West Collection.

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

We recommend a custom frame in black solid wood with UV protected plexiglass and a white archival mat. Please note: Framed art may take up to 4 weeks to ship. Available for U.S. orders only.

  • 11"x8.5" print offered in 14"x16.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 1 1/4” side profile)
  • 14"x11" print offered in 16.5"x19.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 1 1/4” side profile)
  • 22"x17" print offered in 22.5"x27.5" frame (3/4” front profile x 1 1/4” side profile)
  • 40 x 30 print is dry mounted and framed to the image (3/4” front profile x 2” side profile), with spacers and enhanced UV plexi glass

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How to Frame Your Art

All of our prints have a minimum border of .25 inches to allow for framing. We do not alter the aspect ratio, crop or resize the artists' originals—quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the image, not the printed image itself. For exact image sizes and more helpful info, view our framing guides: