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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.421
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-4
Creation Date: 
1952
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
118 x 91 1/2 in. (299.7 x 232.4 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: 
1952 S.F. 117 x 92
Work Inscription: 
117 x 92
Work Inscription: 
1952 SF
Work Inscription: 
117 x 92 Clyfford 1952 SF
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A glowing, translucent orange fills this large vertical canvas, revealing Still's process and varied palette knife strokes. A jagged, bright red form enters from the left edge, just below center and zig-zags horizontally over to just right of center where it shoots upwards and off the top edge of the canvas. A thin, shadowy black form resides along the bottom edge from center over to the bottom right corner. Outlined with strokes of maroon and white and accented with several tiny shots of blue, the black form grounds the composition creating a foundation for the flashes of activity and color above.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-4, 1952. Oil on canvas, 118 x 91 1/2 inches (299.7 x 232.4 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: Ben Blackwell, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum