Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.1083_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-890
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Title: 
1946-No. 2
Creation Date: 
1946
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
66 x 39 1/2 inches (167.6 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
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1946 #2
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1946 #2 San Francisco
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
Other version of PH-741, 1946, oil on canvas (lost)
Work Description: 
A deep umber covers the majority of this vertical composition. A thin irregular black form surrounded by magenta rises from the bottom left, a smaller black and white form surrounded by teal enters from the lower right edge, and a tall thin yellow form sits in the center of the canvas and is surrounded by black. A smaller white form enters the canvas bordering the black and yellow form at the work's top center.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-890, 1946. Oil on canvas, 66 x 39 1/2 inches (167.6 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