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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.979
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-756
Title: 
1943-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1943
Creation Date: 
1970
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
69 5/8 x 31 5/8 in. (176.8 x 80.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Creation Location: 
Maryland
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1943
Work Inscription: 
R -1970
Work Inscription: 
1943 R-1970 69 x 31 1/2 PH-756 2 BW [circled]
Work Inscription: 
Roll 129 ©
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
PH-738
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.001
Work Description: 
A strange black, horned, creature-like form rises from the base of the canvas into a deep charcoal gray setting and dominates the entire composition. Tiny circles one blue and one light pink, surround the form's two upper-most point. Two parallel strokes emerge near the highest point's halo and run horizontally off the right edge of the canvas. A small dome-shaped area is left unpainted at the bottom right edge of the work, thus becoming a sharp contrast to the rest of the darkly-rendered composition. Out of this unpainted form, a vegetal stalk grows into the black form above splitting into two before fading out. On top of the unpainted area, two parallel and identical deep maroon strokes appear.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-756, 1943/70. Oil on canvas, 69 5/8 x 31 5/8 inches (176.8 x 80.3 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