Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.637_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-325
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1942-1943
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
65 1/2 x 32 inches (166.4 x 82.3 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: 
Oakland, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 43
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
In this semi-abstract transitional painting, two figures can be made out amongst various geometric forms, lines and a thickly-painted yellowish background. An amalgamation of navy blue lines and shapes are composed to form a columnar form in the center of the painting starting at the bottom edge of the work. At the top of this form, there are two round discs, which may be interpreted as the figures' heads. Below these discs, other shapes and lines fall vertically and curve organically down to the bottom edge of the work suggesting anatomical parts such as shoulders, ribs, and hands. A deep red semi-circular form is placed at the bottom left of the composition, behind the blue figural shapes and intermingled with the yellow-ochre lines and strokes that make up the ambiguous background.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-325, 1942-3. Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 32 inches (166.4 x 81.3 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