Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.974_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-751
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Title Notes:
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preferred
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Title:
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no title
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Title:
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1944-A
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Creation Date:
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1944
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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70 3/8 x 97 3/8 inches (178.8 x 247.3 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint (paint)
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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Work Technique Name:
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palette knives (painting equipment)
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Work Style Period:
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Abstract
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Current Work Location Name:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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Various intermingling forms rendered in browns, maroons, blacks and cream-colored pigments fill the center of this horizontally oriented work. Mechanistic and anatomical forms merge, such as the wrench-like form at right that also recalls an arm or leg bone. References to rib-cages, gears, and eyes all are shown amidst the tangle of menacing shapes and angles. The background is rendered in a dark chocolate brown pigment, though an otherworldly glow emanates from behind the mass at center. A glowing orange orb rests at bottom right, likening the scene to a landscape or other surrealistic natural environment.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-751, 1944. Oil on canvas, 70 3/8 x 97 3/8 inches (178.8 x 247.3 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
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Image Holding Institution:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
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CSM Art Collection: Objects
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Image Rights Statement:
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Photo: Ben Blackwell, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
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