Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.659_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-353
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1943
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
47 x 35 inches (119.4 x 88.9 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 Description: 
The composition of this painting is dominated by three primary tones: the golden-tan hue of the background/negative space, a volcanic black used to create a single middle-ground form, and a chalky white pigment which makes up two scythe-shaped forms that float in the foreground. Still has composed the black form and the two white forms in a way that somewhat communicates a figural presence, and he includes two red stokes at the top of the black form to further emphasize the anthropomorphic quality of the shapes. In the bottom right corner, a tall yellow line rises into the scene like a wheat stalk and is topped by several orange paint-strokes.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-353, 1943. Oil on canvas, 47 x 35 inches (119.4 x 88.9 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