Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.638_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-326
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1942
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
69 x 31 inches (175.3 x 78.7 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
brushwork
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Oakland, California
Work Description: 
In this strange painting, a tall crane-like form stands in front of a flat taupe-colored background. Within the form, flat multi-colored shapes fit together like puzzle pieces, and are stylized to resemble the Art Deco, streamlined aero-space design popular during this time period. Blue, white, black, and yellow dominate the interior of the form itself, and a red disc rises from the bottom right area of the figure. Three lines stream off the left side form near its center and run down parallel to its edge before meeting the figure's base near the bottom left. The entire form resembles an odd amalgamation of Still's crane sketches and his studies of shipbuilding plans created while working in the San Francisco Bay Area during World War II.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-326, 1942. Oil on canvas, 69 x 31 inches (175.3 x 78.7 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