Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.1299_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-1137
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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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1956
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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114 1/4 x 80 3/8 inches (290.2 x 204.2 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 Description:
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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.
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Citation:
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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.
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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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