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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.712
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-418
Title: 
Night Cafe
Title: 
Silver Spray Club
Creation Date: 
1936
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
21 1/8 x 30 1/2 in. (53.6 x 77.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Nespelem, Washington
Work Inscription: 
PH-418 2 [circled] BW 1936 21 x 30 ½ Clyfford
Work Inscription: 
1936 PH-418 21 x 30 ¼
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
This painting shows the interior of a lonely dark bar or cafe. Yellow booths line the wall to the left, below a row of lights illustrated as glowing red orbs. The viewer's eye is drawn along the booths to an open door just left and above center, from which bright white light floods into the dimly lit room in the foreground. A female figure leans in the doorway, and a male figure is visible sitting beyond the door in the brightly lit room. A stage is shown in shadow on the right in the front room, on which a chair, cello, and piano sit in solitude. Another red-glowing light is paired with a single blue light above the stage.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-418, 1936. Oil on canvas, 21 1/8 x 30 1/2 inches (53.6 x 77.5 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