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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.1241
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-1078
Title: 
1951-No. 1
Creation Date: 
1951
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
113 x 158 in. (287.0 x 401.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1951
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB002.B005.027
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1225
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F022.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F022.003
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F022.004
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F023.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F023.002
Work Relation: 
1.2011.2981
Work Description: 
Black pigment in various tones and levels of reflectance covers this monumental horizontal canvas. A rich, velvety black pigment fills the majority of the work, and is split by a glossier, charcoal-gray vertical form that runs from top to bottom edge just right of center. A jagged gray lifeline runs through the core of the vertical form. Two other glossier, charcoal forms are visible near the bottom right quadrant: one hovers near the bottom edge just to the right of the larger form, and the other sits along the bottom right corner. A thin orange vertical form hugs the left edge from bottom to just above center.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-1078, 1951. Oil on canvas, 113 x 158 inches (287 x 401.3 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