COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.657_2
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1.2011.657_2
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Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
PH-350
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PH-350
Title
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Title Notes:
preferred
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preferred
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Title:
no title
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no title
Title
false
Creation Date:
1943
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1943
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:
59 1/2 x 38 inches (151.2 x 96.5 cm)
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59 1/2 x 38 inches (151.2 x 96.5 cm)
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Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint)
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oil paint (paint)
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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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Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
Richmond, Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Inscription:
Clyfford 1943 / Richmond
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Clyfford 1943 / Richmond
Work Inscription
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Work Inscription Author:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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false
Work Description:
An eerie white form rises from the bottom left corner of the composition into a black void, and splits into two writhing vertical shapes near the canvas' center before rising up to the top right corner. Two green vegetal forms rise vertically side by side into this white form from the bottom left edge, covering two small oblong brown shapes in the process. A bright yellow lifeline starts at the bottom edge near the bottom right corner and winds up vertically through the center of the far right white form. From this yellow line near its center, two smaller wispy brown lines fall back down towards the bottom edge. Two orange parallel strokes are placed one on top of the other inside the very top of the left fork of the white form, while the very top of the right fork melds with a deep crimson color before bleeding off the right side of the composition. From the top left edge of the canvas, a third, smaller white flame-like form creeps into the black background and also has a yellow lifeline at its center.
work_description_
An eerie white form rises from the bottom left corner of the composition into a black void, and splits into two writhing vertical shapes near the canvas' center before rising up to the top right corner. Two green vegetal forms rise vertically side by side into this white form from the bottom left edge, covering two small oblong brown shapes in the process. A bright yellow lifeline starts at the bottom edge near the bottom right corner and winds up vertically through the center of the far right white form. From this yellow line near its center, two smaller wispy brown lines fall back down towards the bottom edge. Two orange parallel strokes are placed one on top of the other inside the very top of the left fork of the white form, while the very top of the right fork melds with a deep crimson color before bleeding off the right side of the composition. From the top left edge of the canvas, a third, smaller white flame-like form creeps into the black background and also has a yellow lifeline at its center.
Work Description
false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-350, 1943. Oil on canvas, 59 1/2 x 38 inches (151.3 x 96.5 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-350, 1943. Oil on canvas, 59 1/2 x 38 inches (151.3 x 96.5 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
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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