COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.618_2
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1.2011.618_2
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Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
PH-302
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PH-302
Title
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Title Notes:
preferred
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preferred
Title Notes
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Title:
no title
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no title
Title
false
Creation Date:
1946
creation_date
1946
Creation Date
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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false
Work Display Measurement:
53 x 27 inches (132.6 x 68.6 cm)
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53 x 27 inches (132.6 x 68.6 cm)
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Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint)
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oil paint (paint)
Work Material Name
false
Work Material Support Name:
canvas
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canvas
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false
Work Technique Name:
palette knives (painting equipment)
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palette knives (painting equipment)
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false
Work Style Period:
Abstract
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Abstract
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false
Work Style Period:
Abstract Expressionist
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Abstract Expressionist
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false
Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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false
Creation Location:
San Francisco, California
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San Francisco, California
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false
Work Description:
The warm and generative quality of black, combined with the brown outline of the canvas gives the work an organic, lifelike quality. Still left three portions of the canvas untouched, providing an outline shaping particular vertical forms. The left shape almost appears avian, with a thin black vertical shape, gradually expanding in the middle, and finally tapering at the head. Additional flashes of red, indigo, and purple appear at the top. The middle form is a simple yellow vertical lifeline smoothly zig-zagging through the center of the work. The vertical black form emerging from the top right of the work reifies the key role that verticality played in Still's works.
work_description_
The warm and generative quality of black, combined with the brown outline of the canvas gives the work an organic, lifelike quality. Still left three portions of the canvas untouched, providing an outline shaping particular vertical forms. The left shape almost appears avian, with a thin black vertical shape, gradually expanding in the middle, and finally tapering at the head. Additional flashes of red, indigo, and purple appear at the top. The middle form is a simple yellow vertical lifeline smoothly zig-zagging through the center of the work. The vertical black form emerging from the top right of the work reifies the key role that verticality played in Still's works.
Work Description
false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-302, 1946. Oil on canvas, 53 x 27 inches (132.6 x 68.6 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-302, 1946. Oil on canvas, 53 x 27 inches (132.6 x 68.6 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Citation
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Work Rights Statement:
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
work_rights_statement
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Work Rights Statement
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Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Image Collection Name:
CSM Art Collection: Objects
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CSM Art Collection: Objects
Image Collection Name
false
Image Rights Statement:
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
image_rights_statement
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum
Image Rights Statement
false