Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.562_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-221
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1935
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
24 x 27 1/2 inches (61 x 69.9 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Regionalist (American Scene)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Description: 
Two figures (a male and female) are illustrated in this painting, though only their heads and one hand is shown. Both figures' heads are elongated and reduced to golden, totem-like shapes. The male figure's oversized, proper right hand is shown in the bottom left corner of the painting. The female is shown with long, stringy hair. Farm equipment and machinery are alluded to in the dark maroon background.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-221, 1935. Oil on canvas, 24 x 27 1/2 inches (61 x 69.9 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