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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.461
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-61
Creation Date: 
1952
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
81 x 69 1/8 in. (205.7 x 175.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
unsigned
Work Inscription: 
P-61 (circled) BW
Work Inscription: 
PH-61 2 BW 81 x 69 1952 SF
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A large mottled blue form rises from the lower left and bottom quadrants of this composition. Surrounded above and on the right side by a "toasted marshmallow"-colored white and cream pigment, the blue form is filled with highly saturated ultramarine blue pigment that in some areas appears almost black. A smaller, more matte, lighter blue form rises into the larger blue from the bottom edge just right of center. A bright red-orange jagged vertical form with yellow accents juts into the white pigment from the top left edge, reaching down almost to the top edge of the blue form. A small yellow form falls parallel to the left side of the orange form, but ends in a point shortly after entering the scene.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-61, 1952. Oil on canvas, 81 x 69 1/8 inches (205.7 x 175.5 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