Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.594
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Work Type:
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painting
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Title:
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PH-275
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Title:
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Study of an Old Woman
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Creation Date:
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1935
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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36 x 22 7/8 in. (91.4 x 58.2 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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Current Work Location Name:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
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Pullman, Washington
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Work Inscription:
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unsigned
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Work Description:
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In this painting, a single female figure is depicted holding an unknown blue-green object. It is perhaps a swaddled baby, thus infusing the scene with "Madonna and Child" religious undertones, but the teal shape's sharp angles and flat modeling also allude to farm tools or machinery. This figure is significantly stylized and distorted. One breast is shown below a sharply angled and bony shoulder. She wears what appears to be a white, shapeless skirt. Her hands and fingers are flat, outlined shapes, and her head is an elongated, noseless form. She is set against an ambiguous, brown background.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-275, 1935. Oil on canvas, 36 x 22 7/8 inches (91.4 x 58.2 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
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Work Rights Statement:
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© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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Image Holding Institution:
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
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CSM Art Collection: Objects
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Image Rights Statement:
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Photo: Jay Baker, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
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