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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.635_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-322
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1948
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
54 x 43 inches (137.2 x 109.2 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: 
San Francisco, California
Work Description: 
A large crimson red bulbous form floats at the center of this composition. It rests upon a grayish-brown mass that extends from the lower left corner. A deep maroon mass surrounds the crimson form along its top edge and down along its right, running off those respective canvas edges. A small isolated gray form floats at the top right corner. Three tall vertical figures originate in the grayish-brown form at bottom center and stand parallel to one another, growing into the crimson form at center. The vertical form at left is rendered in mottled brownish-orange pigment, while the two at right are painted with yellow. All forms in the work are bordered by a perimeter of exposed canvas, setting them apart from one another. Exposed canvas areas also reside along the bottom edge and left center edge.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-322, 1948. Oil on canvas, 54 x 43 inches (137.2 x 109.2 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