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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.448
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-39
Creation Date: 
1955
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
116 1/2 x 82 3/8 in. (295.9 x 209.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
East Hampton, New York
Work Inscription: 
117 x 82 1955 Clyfford
Work Inscription: 
P-39 (circled) 1955 Ossorios
Work Inscription: 
Ph-39 (circled) 117 x 82
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F030.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F030.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F030.004
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B006.F001.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S003.SB001.B002.129
Work Description: 
An orange form rises from the bottom edge and fills most of the bottom half of the composition except for a thin area at the right edge and a slightly thicker strip along the left edge. Two similarly-sized oblong forms—a crimson red form above a jet black form—hover within the flat orange field. Mottled tan/light brown pigment fill the composition around the orange field, leaving only the bottom left corner bare. Two dagger-like protrusions jut into view from the top left edge: the smaller of the two is rendered in white paint just to the left of the larger, bright yellow form.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-39, 1955. Oil on canvas, 116 1/2 x 82 3/8 inches. (295.9 x 209.3 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