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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.573
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-239
Creation Date: 
1949
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
60 5/8 x 45 3/4 in. (153.9 x 116.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford - '49
Work Inscription: 
1949 SF PH 239 60 x 45 ½
Work Inscription: 
1949 PH-239
Work Inscription: 
60 x 45 ½ PH-239 BW [illegible scribble)
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1949 San Francisco Cal.
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B002.F025.002
Work Description: 
A tall black totem/cliff-shaped form rises over the left half of the composition. Cobalt blue swathes of color fill the space above and to the right of this form, while two smaller interlocking forms hover at the top right corner. The lower form is painted a flat slate gray, and the form along the top edge is a deep purple color. A flash of orange hovers between them. Two tiny passages sit in front of the menacing black form at the bottom left corner: one is cobalt, and one is brown.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-239, 1949. Oil on canvas, 60 5/8 x 45 3/4 inches (153.9 x 116.3 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