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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.490
Work Type: 
painting
Title: 
PH-106
Creation Date: 
1944
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
70 x 57 1/4 in. (177.8 x 145.5 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Richmond, Virginia
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 44
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1944 70 x 57 1/2 Richmond Va. PH-106 BW (circled)
Work Inscription: 
©
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B001.F034.002
Work Relation: 
CPSA.SB007.B001.F034.003
Work Relation: 
1.2011.582
Work Description: 
This strange, almost surrealist composition is painted primarily with a swirling tan, cream and gray background. An otherworldly form is positioned at the bottom center of the work with tendrils reaching out and up along the left center of the composition, alluding to the ribs found in some of his early sketches of decaying horse and cow carcasses. Two vertical presences rise along the right edge of the composition: one is painted in yellow and red, while the other is composed of a spiky white form with a tall blue extension reaching towards the top edge of the work.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-106, 1944. Oil on canvas, 70 x 57 1/4 inches (177.8 x 145.5 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