Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.479_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-81
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1935
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 154.2 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Technique Name: 
brushwork
Work Style Period: 
Regionalist (American Scene)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Description: 
A down-trodden group of seven farmer-type figures stares out at the viewer with sad, blank stares. They stand in front of and within a yellow, wooden structure with bluish windows. The figure on the far left wears overalls and a pale blue collared shirt. His proper right arm is outstretched and rests on the wooden door or window frame. Behind him, a severely distorted figure lurks in the shadows with grossly enlarged hands. Just right of center in the foreground, a female figure in a raspberry-colored dress sits on the structure's front steps while nursing a baby. On the far right, an older, white-haired figured sits with a white shawl wrapped around her shoulders.Two smaller, children figures sit behind the two women and rest their arms and heads on the porch rail.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-81, 1935. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches (121.9 x 154.2 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