Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.597_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-278
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1939
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
24 x 16 1/2 inches (61 x 41.9 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Description: 
A figure is suggested in this small painting through two maroon-brown lines set against a creamy-white space. One line rises from the bottom left edge of the canvas and forms an arch before running down off the bottom right edge of the work. This arch forms the figure's torso and shoulder. The other line rises from the bottom center edge of the canvas and up to the right, where it forms an ovoid form which rests atop the arch and represents the figure's head. A single oval is placed within the top center of this form, thus becoming one or both of the figure's eyes. These lines are surrounded by more erratic yellow lines, which echo the darker lines and create a more active scene and merge the two forms into one unified presence.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-278, 1939. Oil on canvas, 24 x 16 1/2 inches (61 x 41.9 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