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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.874_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-613
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1942-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1942
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
42 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (108 x 85.1 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: 
Oakland, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1942
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
In this striking work, a vertical form slashes across the composition from top to bottom. A second, smaller form rises at the bottom left. Both forms are created through negative space, as they are both left unpainted. They are surrounded by an inky blue-black field, in which the outline of a hulking form can be barely distinguished. The varnish covering the two forms has yellowed over time, thus transforming the two forms into glowing golden presences amidst a deep dark landscape.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-613, 1942. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches (108 x 85.1 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