Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.1248
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-1086
Title: 
1955-56-A
Title: 
1955-6-A
Creation Date: 
between 1955 and 1956
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 1955-6
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.F001.S001.SB002.B005.030
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F030.006
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F030.007
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F030.008
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F030.011
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F030.012
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F028.004
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F029.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F029.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F029.004
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F030.001
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B005.F030.002
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-20-01-006
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-20-01-014
Work Relation: 
PSCCS 2011-36-20-01-015
Work Description: 
In this large horizontal work, an ominous black form fills the entire center and expands towards the right and left edges. A vertical crimson form cuts through the matte black field like a bloody gash from top to bottom just left of center. A pale yellow form also enters the black field at its bottom right. A thin, wiry, blue lifeline painted onto bare canvas is barely visible along the left edge, and a tiny orange dab sits just to the top left of the blue lifeline's apex near the top left corner.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-1086, 1955–56. 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