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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.687
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-393
Creation Date: 
1956
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
104 1/4 x 91 in. (264.9 x 231.1 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1956
Work Inscription: 
PH-393 104 x 91 Clyfford 1956
Work Inscription: 
P-393 2 (circled) (all circled) 104 x 91 1/2
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB002.B004.011
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B004.F033.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B004.F034.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B004.F034.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B004.F035.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B004.F035.002
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-17-01-014
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-17-01-017
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-17-02-006
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-17-02-019
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-17-03-002
Work Description: 
The left half of this vertically-oriented work is filled with a matte black pigment. By contrast, the right half is composed of multiple vertically-oriented forms which fit together like puzzle pieces; some of these forms are bare canvas and created through the use of negative space, while others are painted in shades of brown, white, orange, yellow, and gray-blue. The largest of the forms is a deep chocolate-brown, which rises from the bottom edge. To the right of this is a lighter, ochre-brown, which runs along the right edge but is interrupted by a small interjection of cobalt blue surrounded by bare canvas just below center. A thin orange lifeline splits the composition from top to bottom and is bordered by a flat white pigment. A shot of yellow enters from the top center edge, and two tiny forms in gray are also located along the top edge.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-393, 1956. Oil on canvas, 104 1/4 x 91 inches (264.9 x 231.1 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