Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.645_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-334
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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
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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69 1/2 x 35 inches (176.5 x 88.9 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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Oakland, California
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 1942
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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A stylized form rises from the lower half of the work into a flat black field. This primary form is left as bare canvas, and the black background is painted, thus creating a tension between the positive and negative spaces in the composition and flattening the scene. This particular form is derived from Still's sketches while he worked in the San Francisco Bay Area shipyards, and has a mechanistic quality. The swooping void at the bottom-left resembles many of Still's studies of ship-hulls and their blueprints.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-334, 1942. Oil on canvas, 69 1/2 x 35 inches (176.5 x 88.9 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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