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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.550.1
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-208.1
Creation Date: 
1940
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
50 5/8 x 29 5/8 in. (128.5 x 75.2 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1940 29 ½ x 50 ¾ Oakland Cal. 1940 PH-208
Work Inscription: 
1940 PH-208 50 ¾ x 29 ½
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.3
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.6
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.2
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.1
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.4
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.7
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.5
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.013
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1379.8
Work Relation: 
1.2011.550.2
Work Description: 
A disjointed, abstracted group of figures stands amidst a gloomy grayish setting. The tallest figure's head, shoulders and ribs are clearly visible as they are flat, silhouetted black forms. In front of this figure, two white orbs can be distinguished: one at the figure's chest and the other sits near what might be his proper left hip. Deep crimson hair falls from the form at the figure's chest, and golden yellow strands are seen haloing and trailing from the lower of the two white shapes. The white forms are faceless with no other anthropomorphic features other than the hair-like paint streaks; their bodies merge and disappear amid the largest figure's form.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-208, 1940. Oil on canvas, 50 5/8 x 29 5/8 inches (128.5 x 75.2 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Work Rights Statement: 
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
CSM Art Collection: Objects
Image Rights Statement: 
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum