Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.580_4
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-252
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1955
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
92 x 70 inches (233.7 x 177.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
East Hampton, New York
Work Description: 
A deep ominous black fills the lower and right areas of this complicated composition. A multi-faceted form enters from the top left and sweeps down and to the right into the black void. At the left edge, this form is composed of deep purple, lilac and red. This area is surrounded by a dark denim-blue. A fiery cobalt form surrounded by a thin perimeter of white paint floats amidst this form, bordering the purple and blue just below and left of center. The darkness that fills the majority of painting is contrasted by a tall, thin, bright yellow field running along the right edge from top to bottom. A shot of orange-red shoots in the yellow near the bottom.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-252, 1955. Oil on canvas, 92 x 70 inches (233.7 x 177.8 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