Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.637_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-325
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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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Creation Date:
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1942-1943
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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65 1/2 x 32 inches (166.4 x 82.3 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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Work Style Period:
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Abstract
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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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Oakland, California
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 43
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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In this semi-abstract transitional painting, two figures can be made out amongst various geometric forms, lines and a thickly-painted yellowish background. An amalgamation of navy blue lines and shapes are composed to form a columnar form in the center of the painting starting at the bottom edge of the work. At the top of this form, there are two round discs, which may be interpreted as the figures' heads. Below these discs, other shapes and lines fall vertically and curve organically down to the bottom edge of the work suggesting anatomical parts such as shoulders, ribs, and hands. A deep red semi-circular form is placed at the bottom left of the composition, behind the blue figural shapes and intermingled with the yellow-ochre lines and strokes that make up the ambiguous background.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-325, 1942-3. Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 32 inches (166.4 x 81.3 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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