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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.596
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-277
Creation Date: 
1940
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
33 3/4 x 19 in. (85.9 x 48.3 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Oakland, California
Work Inscription: 
BW
Work Inscription: 
34 x 19
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford S 1940
Work Inscription: 
Pullman Wn Clyfford 1940
Work Inscription: 
P-277 2 [circled]
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
This small painting is composed entirely of a figure's head, which is created by an ochre-colored outline and a green eye at the top center of the form. Behind the outline, two opposing forms face each other and create what might be read as a yin-yang correlation. The brown form on the left is slightly smaller than the black form on the right. Separated down the center by a void, their forms echo one another suggesting that they could almost be pushed together to create one complete form.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-277, 1940. Oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x 19 inches (85.9 x 48.3 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