Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.979_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-756
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1943-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1943 / 1970
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
69 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (176.5 x 80 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 1943
Work Inscription: 
R -1970
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
Other version of PH-738, 1943, oil on canvas (lost)
Work Description: 
A strange black, horned, creature-like form rises from the base of the canvas into a deep charcoal gray setting and dominates the entire composition. Tiny circles one blue and one light pink, surround the form's two upper-most point. Two parallel strokes emerge near the highest point's halo and run horizontally off the right edge of the canvas. A small dome-shaped area is left unpainted at the bottom right edge of the work, thus becoming a sharp contrast to the rest of the darkly-rendered composition. Out of this unpainted form, a vegetal stalk grows into the black form above splitting into two before fading out. On top of the unpainted area, two parallel and identical deep maroon strokes appear.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-756, 1943/1970. Oil on canvas, 69 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (176.5 x 80 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