Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.589_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-269
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
Portrait of Artist's Father
Creation Date: 
1941
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
20 1/8 x 16 inches (51.3 x 40.6 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
brushwork
Work Style Period: 
Realist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Westlock, Alberta, Canada
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1941
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Still paints his father looking off to his left and resting his cheek on his proper right hand. Only his head, hand, and forearm are visible, and the brownish background surrounds and impedes into the figure's outline at the bottom left. The work is also created with painterly strokes and several areas are left bare suggesting an unfinished quality that is ultimately counteracted by the artist's signature in the bottom right corner.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-269 (Portrait of Artist's Father), 1941. Oil on canvas, 20 1/8 x 16 inches (51.3 x 40.6 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