Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.536_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-185
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1945
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
37 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (95.3 x 64.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Description: 
A white organic passage is painted down the center of this work, surrounded by a bright yellow pigment mottled with streaks of brown. A crimson form rises from the bottom edge amidst the white field and ends halfway up the composition. A second form, painted in black, floats to the right of the crimson shape and is also surrounded by the white field. Both the top of the red form and the bottom of the black form end in claw-like, gaping maws. A tiny streak of green sits to the right of the black form's uppermost tip.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-185, 1945. Oil on canvas, 37 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (95.3 x 64.8 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