Detail View: Clyfford Still Archives:

UNIQUE ID: 
CPSA.SB007.B001.F017.002
Title: 
Installation view of the Abstract Gallery within Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery, New York
Creation Date: 
1945
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
2 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (6.985 x 11.43 cm)
Work Material Medium Name: 
black-and-white film
Work Material Support Name: 
photographic paper
Work Technique Name: 
black-and-white photography
Work Style Period: 
realism (artistic form of expression)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
New York, New York
Work Inscription: 
1945 / Art of T.C.
Work Description: 
This black and white photograph depicts an installation view of the Abstract Gallery within Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery in New York. Designed by architect Frederick Kiesler, the Art of This Century Gallery featured four distinct exhibition spaces: the Abstract Gallery, the Surrealist Gallery, the Kinetic Gallery, and the Daylight Gallery. Guggenheim's temporary commercial exhibitions, including those of Still and his contemporaries, took place in the Daylight Gallery, while artworks from her private collection were permanently displayed within the three remaining specially-designed environments. The Abstract Gallery presented paintings and sculptures on suspended ropes or V-shaped supports that extended from floor to ceiling. Photographed during Still's participation in the "Autumn Salon" of 1945, this installation view documents a number of Cubist paintings and other abstract artworks within Guggenheim's collection.
Citation: 
Installation view of the Abstract Gallery within Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century Gallery, New York, 1945. Photo by Clyfford Still. Courtesy Clyfford Still Archives © City and County of Denver
Work Rights Statement: 
© City and County of Denver/ ARS, NY
Image Date Type: 
creation
Image Type Format: 
Tiff
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
CSM Archival Collection: Objects
Image Rights Statement: 
Photo: Clyfford Still, courtesy the Clyfford Still Archives
Image Capture Hardware: 
Epson Expression 10000XL
Image Capture Operating System: 
Macintosh OS X 10.11.1
Image Capture Software: 
LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® Ai 6
Image Cataloger Name: 
Kate Landers
Image Cataloger Role: 
Assistant Archivist