COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
Art Collection
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.1299_2
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1.2011.1299_2
UNIQUE ID
false
Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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false
Title:
PH-1137
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PH-1137
Title
false
Title Notes:
preferred
title_notes
preferred
Title Notes
false
Title:
no title
title
no title
Title
false
Creation Date:
1956
creation_date
1956
Creation Date
false
Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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false
Work Display Measurement:
114 1/4 x 80 3/8 inches (290.2 x 204.2 cm)
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114 1/4 x 80 3/8 inches (290.2 x 204.2 cm)
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false
Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint)
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oil paint (paint)
Work Material Name
false
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)
Work Technique Name
false
Work Style Period:
Abstract Expressionist
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Abstract Expressionist
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false
Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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false
Creation Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
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false
Work Description:
The center of this vertically-oriented work has been left bare, so that the form rising through the center of the work feels as if it is pushing forward and backward simultaneously in the picture plane fusing the ideas of positive and negative space. The left and right edges of the canvas are filled with a volcanic black pigment, and a jagged orange form enters the bare canvas form from the top center edge. Within the orange form at the top center edge of the canvas lies a small blue form. A linear, lightning-like bolt of white shoots through the center of the bare canvas form up towards the orange, and a tiny red lifeline barely enters the composition from the bottom edge just right of center.
work_description_
The center of this vertically-oriented work has been left bare, so that the form rising through the center of the work feels as if it is pushing forward and backward simultaneously in the picture plane fusing the ideas of positive and negative space. The left and right edges of the canvas are filled with a volcanic black pigment, and a jagged orange form enters the bare canvas form from the top center edge. Within the orange form at the top center edge of the canvas lies a small blue form. A linear, lightning-like bolt of white shoots through the center of the bare canvas form up towards the orange, and a tiny red lifeline barely enters the composition from the bottom edge just right of center.
Work Description
false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-1137, 1956. Oil on canvas, 114 1/4 x 80 3/8 inches (290.2 x 204.2 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-1137, 1956. Oil on canvas, 114 1/4 x 80 3/8 inches (290.2 x 204.2 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Citation
false
Work Rights Statement:
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
work_rights_statement
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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false
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
Image Collection Name
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