Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.490_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-106
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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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1944
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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70 x 57 1/2 inches (177.8 x 146.1 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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Richmond, Virginia
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Work Inscription:
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Clyfford 44
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Work Inscription Author:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Description:
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This strange, almost surrealist composition is painted primarily with a swirling tan, cream and gray background. An otherworldly form is positioned at the bottom center of the work with tendrils reaching out and up along the left center of the composition, alluding to the ribs found in some of his early sketches of decaying horse and cow carcasses. Two vertical presences rise along the right edge of the composition: one is painted in yellow and red, while the other is composed of a spiky white form with a tall blue extension reaching towards the top edge of the work.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-106, 1944. Oil on canvas, 70 x 57 1/2 inches (177.8 x 146.1 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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