Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.497_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-117
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1950
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
64 x 46 inches (162.6 x 116.9 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: 
New York, New York
Work Description: 
Layers of impastoed garnet red pigment cover the surface. A dagger-shaped gray form emerges from the top edge of the canvas, just right of center. Tiny flashes of blue, orange, red, and yellow flicker across the center of the composition. An orange form emerges at the bottom right corner of the work.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-117, 1950. Oil on canvas, 64 x 46 inches (162.6 x 116.8 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