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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.826_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-553
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1937-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1937
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
56 5/8 x 36 5/8 inches (142.8 x 93 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Relation: 
Second version of PH-938, 1937 (Private collection)
Work Relation: 
Source for PL-21, 1943
Work Description: 
In this relatively monochromatic painting, a figure is alluded to through snaking and broken outlines painted amidst a mottled grey-brown field of color. The figure's head, shoulder, arm, hand, and torso can be distinguished. The only saturated hue found in this composition is found in the suggestion of a golden-yellow disc near what would be the figure's proper left shoulder if he looks out towards the viewer. The disc merges and fades into both the figure itself as well as the atmosphere around him.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-553, 1937. Oil on canvas, 56 5/8 x 36 5/8 inches (143.8 x 93 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