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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.981
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-758
Title: 
1942-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1942
Creation Date: 
1970
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
67 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. (172.2 x 101.1 cm)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Oakland, California
Creation Location: 
Maryland
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1942
Work Inscription: 
1942 R-1970 68 x 39 1/2 PH-758 2 BW [circled]
Work Inscription: 
68 x 39 1/2
Work Inscription: 
Roll 129 ©
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.S001.SB004.083
Work Relation: 
PH-734
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.001
Work Relation: 
1.2011.58
Work Relation: 
1.2011.802
Work Description: 
A large stylized hand-shaped form is shown in the center of a dark brown and maroon painted field. The elongated, finger-like projections rise vertically up to the top of the composition. The positive form of the hand is created by leaving the bare canvas visible and painting around it, thus flattening the overall scene and creating a paradoxical relationship between the positive and negative space; here, the painted "negative" shapes become just as vital to the composition as the unpainted "positive" form.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-758, 1942. Oil on canvas, 67 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (172.2 x 101.1 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