Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.553_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-211
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1936
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
59 1/8 x 35 3/4 inches (150.4 x 90.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1936
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Two abstracted figures are depicted working some sort of machine. The figures' bodies and limbs merge with one another, the golden machine, and the space around them creating a tangled mass of body parts and mechanical elements. The forms are flattened through the use of thick outlines and stylized purple and blue planes, thus pushing the entire scene to the front of the picture plane. The brown space surrounding the forms suggests what might be a natural setting.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-211, 1936. Oil on canvas, 59 1/8 x 35 3/4 inches (150.4 x 90.8 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