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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.982
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-759
Title: 
1940-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1940
Creation Date: 
1970
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
53 1/2 x 45 in. (135.9 x 114.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Creation Location: 
Maryland
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1940
Work Inscription: 
1940 #2 R-1970 PH-759 (2) BW 53 ½ x 45
Work Inscription: 
1940-#2 CoR-1970 Recorded 53 ½ x 45 PH-759 2 [circled] BW [circled]
Work Inscription: 
1940-#2 / CoR-1970 Recorded / 53 ½ x 45 / PH-759 2 BW
Work Inscription: 
1940
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1381.1
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1388
Work Relation: 
1.2011.645
Work Relation: 
PH-733
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB001.B001.001
Work Description: 
A cloaked figure rises from the bottom left area of the composition and is positioned against a deep burnt umber and brown background. The figure is simplified to the point of becoming a white mountain-like object with a black ovoid form resting atop its peak. An orange glowing sun or orb is set where the figure's lap would be behind a silhouetted black fence-like structure. A long straight golden staff or tool runs from the figure's lap and up off the top left edge of the canvas.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-759, 1940. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 45 inches (135.9 x 114.3 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