Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.599_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-280
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1945
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
34 x 25 inches (86.4 x 63.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 45
Work Inscription: 
after study on paper-1942
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
Painted after PH-530, 1942, oil on paper
Work Description: 
The minimal use of color on this work includes mainly black vertical lines, with two splashes of crimson and blue. Two diagonal black lines and other forms emerge from the bottom of the work, curving and connecting in various ways to shape organic outlines. The central lines utilize the negative space to construct the illusion of a vertical mass, with three vertically extending internal lines. The bottom of the form has a burst of blue paint as an accent. Extending from one of the base black forms is another flare of color, this time crimson. The fusion of black on the white canvas, with only two small areas of other colors, creates a sparse, almost cryptic composition.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-280, 1945. Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 inches (86.4 x 63.5 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