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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.666_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-360
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1948
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
45 x 35 inches (114.3 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 Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Description: 
A tall, dark figure rises into the left half of the composition. Surrounded by glossy black fields which fill the majority of the work, the figure was originally painted in a greenish-yellow pigment, but has been painted overpainted with a thin layer of black. Still has scraped away this thin layer of black in some places but also added a further layer of greenish-yellow pigment over the black along the lower edge, giving the figure an overall mottled, uneven appearance. A dark green form rises to the left of the figure along the work's left edge, and a yellow patch sits below the figure along the canvas' left bottom edge. Thick strokes of bright white paint outline the figure, highlighting its jagged, roughly-painted edges. This white is echoed by a thin, ghostly white form, which hangs from the top center edge and falls into the inky depths at center. Another white, hand-shaped form reaches into the scene from the upper right edge towards the figure at left. Several bright yellow spots and a single red ovoid form are scattered throughout the top right quadrant.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-360, 1948. Oil on canvas, 45 x 35 inches (114.3 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