Saul Steinberg, Breakfast Still Life, 1974
This Saul Steinberg post card fell out of a book today. What a pleasure to see it again with its breakfast paraphernalia laid out like a landscape. Everything has a shadow, and most of the objects don't touch one another. It looks like a composition achievable for my current skill level. I do see that as he drew he looked down at his piece of toast then raised his eyes as he looked at the horizon in the far distance, past the police car and out to the cruet. It seems suited to the diminutive size of a post card, but the actual drawing is 23 1/2 and 14 1/2 inches. I think most of the objects are presented as life size.
