Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.981_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-758
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1942-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1942
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
68 x 39 1/2 inches (172.7 x 100.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Oakland, California
Work Inscription: 
Roll 129 - 1942 R-1970
Work Inscription: 
68 x 39 1/2
Work Inscription: 
PH-758 2 BW
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
Second version of PH-734, 1942 (lost)
Work Description: 
A large stylized hand-shaped form is shown in the center of a dark brown and maroon painted field. The elongated, finger-like projections rise vertically up to the top of the composition. The positive form of the hand is created by leaving the bare canvas visible and painting around it, thus flattening the overall scene and creating a paradoxical relationship between the positive and negative space; here, the painted "negative" shapes become just as vital to the composition as the unpainted "positive" form.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-758, 1942. Oil on canvas, 68 x 39 1/2 inches (172.7 x 100.3 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