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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.625
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-310
Creation Date: 
1949
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
59 5/8 x 49 3/4 in. (151.4 x 126.5 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: 
Clyfford 1949
Work Inscription: 
49 x 59 P-310 2 (circled) 1949 S.F.
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1949
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1943 Richmond
Work Inscription: 
Shown Legion of Honor 1947
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A brownish-gray form emerges from the lower left and central quadrants in front of a deep black background, which dominates the rest of the canvas. The upper edge of the brownish-gray form rises into two parallel totems, while its lower portion is shaped like an arch, allowing the black background to peak through near the bottom center/left edge. A crimson red form rises from the bottom along the right edge, diminishing in thickness as it rises to the top right corner. A stark white form sits at the bottom left edge, a small bright yellow dagger-shaped passage juts into view from the top right edge, and another small yellow streak creeps into view over the red at the bottom right edge. A thin orange lifeline enters the composition from the upper left edge and runs at a slight downward-sloping diagonal before trailing off in the right half of the composition, just left of the red form. Several cobalt blue flecks are sprinkled throughout the black void near the top right corner.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-310, 1949. Oil on canvas, 59 5/8 x 49 3/4 inches (151.4 x 126.5 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