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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.582
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-255
Creation Date: 
1944
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
68 7/8 x 94 in. (175.0 x 238.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Inscription: 
PH-255 2 BW (all circled)
Work Inscription: 
Richmond VA. 1944
Work Inscription: 
93 ½ x 69
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
PHX-37.1
Work Relation: 
1.2011.1384
Work Relation: 
1.2011.765
Work Relation: 
1.2011.490
Work Description: 
A pyramidal, intermingling mound of black, blue and brown linear forms rests in the center of this horizontal composition. The forms are set against a warm, gray background, which flows into and around several of the prominent forms at center thus flattening the picture plane and confusing one's spatial understanding of the work. A glowing white orb resides at the left center edge of the central mass, recalling a sun or moon and thus presenting the scene as an almost surrealistic landscape.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-255, 1944. Oil on canvas, 68 7/8 x 94 inches (175.0 x 238.8 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