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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.542
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-195
Title: 
1946-D
Creation Date: 
1946
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
53 1/2 x 27 5/8 in. (135.9 x 70.1 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 1946-D
Work Inscription: 
P-195 2 BW (circled)
Work Inscription: 
top (illegible crossed out) Clyfford 1946
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription: 
43
Work Inscription: 
1946-D PH-195 53 1/2 x 27 1/2
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
1.2011.787
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F013.012
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B003.F015.003
Work Description: 
A swirling passage of yellow, chartreuse, and white rises upward from the bottom left corner into the black background beyond. Four strange mechanically-inspired forms float amidst the scene; a black pulley-like object with two circular voids floats at the top left, two larger and one smaller wrench-like forms rest side by side near the right center of the composition. The wrench form on the left is painted with a thick black pigment and has a streak of yellow highlighting its left side. The second larger form is painted a deep crimson, and the smallest, barely-legible wrench like form on the far right is made of streaks of white and deep blue-black. All three of these forms have faint halos encircling their crowns.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-195, 1946. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 27 5/8 inches (135.9 x 70.1 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