Detail View: Art Collection:

UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.651_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-343
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
no title
Creation Date: 
1937
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
45 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (114.6 x 91.8 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
palette knives (painting equipment)
Work Style Period: 
Abstract
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Pullman, Washington
Work Description: 
This canvas is composed of two distinct vertical halves. On the left, geometric black mechanical elements are set against a stark white field. On the right, a nude, abstracted male figure surrounded by deep maroon is shown kneeling and facing the viewer. He is modeled with vivid gold strokes and outlined with stylized black lines. His proper right arm reaches across the central compositional divide and holds on to a lengthy cylindrical part of the black machinery.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-343, 1937. Oil on canvas, 45 1/8 x 36 1/8 inches (114.6 x 91.8 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