Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.581_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-254
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1945
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
91 x 68 inches (231.1 x 172.7 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1945
Work Inscription: 
In Peggy Guggenheim's 1945-6 exhibit
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
NOTE: The true nature of this composition is almost unreadable due to preservation concerns. However, the general subject matter can be discerned. A jumbled mass of both mechanical and anthropomorphic forms rise in front of a deep brown, mystical background. The forms are painted in shades of black and glowing yellow. An orange orb floats near the bottom right of the composition, and another, smaller, yellow circular form is located near the top, just right of center.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-254, 1945. Oil on canvas, 91 x 68 inches (231.1 x 172.7 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