COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.520_2
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1.2011.520_2
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false
Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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false
Title:
PH-158
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PH-158
Title
false
Title Notes:
preferred
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preferred
Title Notes
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Title:
no title
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no title
Title
false
Creation Date:
1949
creation_date
1949
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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false
Work Display Measurement:
53 x 46 inches (134.6 x 116.8 cm)
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53 x 46 inches (134.6 x 116.8 cm)
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false
Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint)
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oil paint (paint)
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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)
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false
Work Style Period:
Abstract Expressionist
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Abstract Expressionist
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false
Work Style Period:
Abstract
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Abstract
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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:
San Francisco, California
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San Francisco, California
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false
Work Description:
There is an avian quality to this composition, with black forms appearing in a clumped formation, but veering off from one another to become individual shapes. Weaving through the black mass is a vertical blue form. There is action in the bottom right corner of the canvas, with additional black forms interrupted with flashes of yellow and red accents. The original canvas plays a vital role as the background, starkly contrasting against the vibrancy of the other colors in the work, giving the work a tangible appearance.
work_description_
There is an avian quality to this composition, with black forms appearing in a clumped formation, but veering off from one another to become individual shapes. Weaving through the black mass is a vertical blue form. There is action in the bottom right corner of the canvas, with additional black forms interrupted with flashes of yellow and red accents. The original canvas plays a vital role as the background, starkly contrasting against the vibrancy of the other colors in the work, giving the work a tangible appearance.
Work Description
false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-158, 1949. Oil on canvas, 53 x 46 inches (134.6 x 116.8 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-158, 1949. Oil on canvas, 53 x 46 inches (134.6 x 116.8 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
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false
Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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false
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