Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.576_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-244
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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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Title:
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1953-No. 1
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Creation Date:
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1953
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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108 3/8 x 91 1/2 inches (275.3 x 232.4 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 Expressionist
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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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New York, New York
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Work Relation:
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First version of PH-847, 1953 (Onnasch collection)
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Work Relation:
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First version of PHX-27, 1953 (CSM)
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Work Description:
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A white field covers the majority of the left half and right half of the painting. The two halves are split by a strip of bare canvas running from top to bottom, and there is a thin blue painted line running through this column of bare canvas from the top edge down to about three-fourths of the way towards the bottom edge. A small area of bare canvas sits at the top left corner, and a larger area of bare canvas rests over the bottom left corner. A tiny red dash of paint floats in the midst of this larger bare canvas passage. In the bottom right quadrant of the painting, a fluttery orange and crimson field rises into view. It is completely surrounded by a thin border of bare canvas. To its right, a small yellow passage hovers near the bottom edge and runs off the right lower edge. It, too, is surrounded by a border of bare canvas. This painting's orientation is somewhat ambiguous, and it was exhibited in both directions in Still's lifetime with his approval.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-244, 1953. Oil on canvas, 108 3/8 x 91 1/2 inches (275.3 x 232.4 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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