Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.615.1_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-297
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Title Notes:
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preferred
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Title:
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no title
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Title:
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1938-No. 2
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Title:
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Forms
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Creation Date:
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1938
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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33 7/8 x 25 1/8 inches (86 x 63.8 cm)
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Work Material Name:
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oil paint (paint)
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Work Material Support Name:
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canvas
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Work Technique Name:
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palette knives (painting equipment)
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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 Relation:
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Other version of PH-1013, 1938, oil on canvas (private collection)
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Work Description:
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Two strange forms rise out of the brown earth at the center of the composition. The form closest to the viewer is brown with tones of gold and maroon. A hole is visible near its crown, through which one can glimpse the clouds in the sky beyond. A shorter, white bone-like mass sits behind this form in shadow. Barbed wire winds in front of and around the forms, imbuing the scene with a menacing aura. Three fence posts can be seen in the middle-ground below a pink, ochre, purple and blue impastoed sky.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-297, 1938. Oil on canvas, 33 7/8 x 25 1/8 inches (86 x 63.8 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: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
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