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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.492_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-108
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1949
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
69 1/2 x 49 inches (176.5 x 124.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford SF/1949
Work Inscription: 
P-108 2 1949 / P-108 2 BW 69 1/2 x 49
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1949 / S.F.
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
A thick, matte black pigment coats this entire canvas with the exception of several tiny irregularities. A dark charcoal gray form lies along the bottom edge starting at the bottom left corner and running horizontally over to the right where it abruptly ends before hitting the bottom right corner. A thin cobalt blue streak runs parallel to the left edge, beginning near the top edge and running about halfway down the canvas. Directly to the left of this blue line, a minuscule red flash sits on the far left center edge of the composition, hinting that there is more activity beyond the edge of the canvas.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-108, 1949. Oil on canvas, 69 1/2 x 49 inches (176.5 x 124.5 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