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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.663
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-357
Creation Date: 
1946
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
45 1/2 x 34 5/8 in. (115.6 x 87.9 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 [upside down] 1946
Work Inscription: 
45 1/2 34 1/2 Clyfford 1946
Work Inscription: 
Ph-357 (circled)
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1946
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
1.2011.756
Work Relation: 
1.2011.445
Work Relation: 
1.2011.546
Work Description: 
In this predominately white composition, a dark maroon, scythe-shaped object juts into view from the bottom left corner before curving sharply up towards the work's top center. It is surrounded by rough strokes of black which seem to congregate and stretch around the maroon shape's apex. A small, bright red painted shapes sits in the main figure's elbow, and a bright yellow mass of lines hovers in the top left corner. The composition's bottom right corner is covered in a burnt orange pigment.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-357, 1946. Oil on canvas, 45 1/2 x 34 5/8 inches (115.6 x 87.9 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