Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.2979_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PHX-44
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Display Measurement: 
77 1/8 x 69 1/2 inches (195.9 x 176.5 cm)
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Work Description: 
Two large black forms enter this predominantly unpainted, squarish composition. One black form emerges from the bottom left corner up, reaches up to the top edge, and is bisected by writhing crimson forms. The other black form enters from the bottom right edge towards the center of the work and then juts sharply to the right where it runs off the bottom right edge. Several small fiery blue streaks puncture the center of this black form. A small yellow form floats in the empty space above the black form on the right, while an orange and yellow form is just barely visible at the left center edge.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PHX-44, 1947. Oil on canvas, 77 1/8 x 69 1/2 inches (195.9 x 176.5 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