Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.503_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-124
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
68 x 39 1/4 inches (172.7 x 99.7 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 '47
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Black fluttery forms fill this composition from edge to edge, though they seem to break up and become lighter towards the top. Red, blue, yellow and orange pigment swirl around and through the black forms, enlivening what would otherwise be a monochromatic, flat painting.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-124, 1947. Oil on canvas, 68 x 39 1/4 inches (172.7 x 99.7 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