UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.860
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Work Type:
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painting
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Title:
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PH-598
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Title:
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1946-No. 2
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Title:
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White Flame
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Creation Date:
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1946
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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71 1/4 x 43 1/8 in. (181.1 x 109.5 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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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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San Francisco, California
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 46
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Relation:
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PH-915
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Work Relation:
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PH-916
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Work Description:
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Deep, earthy brown pigment fills the composition. Two black vertical forms emerge from the bottom of the canvas, rising alongside each other until about half-way up the canvas, when the form at right seems to overpower the form at left and rises up off the top edge of the work. A thin, disjointed blue-green lifeline runs through the core of this taller black form. Gray and white forms rise into each of the black forms from the bottom edge. Small accents of a lighter brown appear at the top left corner and along the top right edge of the taller black form. A small burst rendered in white, black, and red flutters in the top right quadrant.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-598, 1946. Oil on canvas, 71 1/4 x 43 1/8 inches (181.1 x 109.5 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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