Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.632_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-318
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1947
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
52 x 40 inches (132.1 x 101.6 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract Expressionist
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
San Francisco, California
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1947
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
Two black forms ascend vertically from the bottom of the canvas into a predominantly white scene. The form on the left side of the work is thinner and has a yellow vertical lifeline shooting through its center. The base of this black form rests upon a smaller crimson form at the bottom left corner. The second black form fills the right half of the composition. Thicker streaks of yellow are woven throughout its center. Flat areas of navy blue paint highlight both black forms.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-318, 1947. Oil on canvas, 52 x 40 inches (132.1 x 101.6 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