COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.570_2
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1.2011.570_2
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Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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false
Title:
PH-235
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PH-235
Title
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Title Notes:
preferred
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preferred
Title Notes
false
Title:
no title
title
no title
Title
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Title:
1944-N-No. 1
title
1944-N-No. 1
Title
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Creation Date:
1944
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1944
Creation Date
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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false
Work Display Measurement:
105 x 92 1/2 inches (266.7 x 235 cm)
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105 x 92 1/2 inches (266.7 x 235 cm)
Work Display Measurement
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Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint)
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oil paint (paint)
Work Material Name
false
Work Material Support Name:
canvas
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canvas
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false
Work Technique Name:
palette knives (painting equipment)
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palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Technique Name
false
Work Style Period:
Abstract Expressionist
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Abstract Expressionist
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false
Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
Richmond, Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Relation:
Derived from PH-555, 1943 (oil on paper, unknown collection)
work_relation_
Derived from PH-555, 1943 (oil on paper, unknown collection)
Work Relation
false
Work Relation:
First version of PH-671, 1944 (MoMA, New York)
work_relation_
First version of PH-671, 1944 (MoMA, New York)
Work Relation
false
Work Relation:
Rosamond McCanless letter of 1/14/74 to Charles Kessler
work_relation_
Rosamond McCanless letter of 1/14/74 to Charles Kessler
Work Relation
false
Work Description:
One of Still's final "breakthroughs" into pure abstraction, this monumental canvas is covered from edge to edge with a thick, volcanic black pigment. A single blood-red lifeline slices through the black field starting a little more than halfway up the right edge and running up towards the top center before falling down along the right edge and off the bottom right edge of the canvas. An electric bolt of yellow shoots into view from the top edge, just right of center, cutting through the red lifeline and withering away to a sharp point just below. Just to the left of the yellow bolt, a smaller, bright white bolt appears over the red lifeline and falls vertically down parallel to the yellow bolt. A shot of bluish-green is seen at the bottom right corner, just to the right of the red lifeline and fades into the black field near the bottom edge.
work_description_
One of Still's final "breakthroughs" into pure abstraction, this monumental canvas is covered from edge to edge with a thick, volcanic black pigment. A single blood-red lifeline slices through the black field starting a little more than halfway up the right edge and running up towards the top center before falling down along the right edge and off the bottom right edge of the canvas. An electric bolt of yellow shoots into view from the top edge, just right of center, cutting through the red lifeline and withering away to a sharp point just below. Just to the left of the yellow bolt, a smaller, bright white bolt appears over the red lifeline and falls vertically down parallel to the yellow bolt. A shot of bluish-green is seen at the bottom right corner, just to the right of the red lifeline and fades into the black field near the bottom edge.
Work Description
false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-235, 1944. Oil on canvas, 105 x 92 1/2 inches (266.7 x 235 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-235, 1944. Oil on canvas, 105 x 92 1/2 inches (266.7 x 235 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Citation
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Work Rights Statement:
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
work_rights_statement
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Work Rights Statement
false
Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
CSM Art Collection: Objects
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CSM Art Collection: Objects
Image Collection Name
false
Image Rights Statement:
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
image_rights_statement
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
Image Rights Statement
false