COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection
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CSM~18~18
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UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.1350_2
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1.2011.1350_2
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false
Work Type:
paintings (visual works)
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
PH-1188
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PH-1188
Title
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Title Notes:
preferred
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preferred
Title Notes
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Title:
no title
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no title
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Creation Date:
1956
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1956
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Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
113 x 155 1/2 inches (287 x 395 cm)
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113 x 155 1/2 inches (287 x 395 cm)
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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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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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Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum
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Clyfford Still Museum
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Creation Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
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Work Description:
A multitude of fluttery black palette-knife strokes gather together to form larger fields of matte black that fill the lower two-thirds of this large horizontal canvas. Similarly shaped black forms are gathered along the top center edge, sandwiching a horizontal area of bare canvas between the larger black form below and that which sits along the top edge. Three to four jagged orange forms rest within this bare canvas space at the center, and a tiny yellow dab of paint floats at the center of these orange forms creating a central focus point from which the rest of the composition seems to emanate. A white lightning-like figure juts through the black form from the bottom right edge, and a small blue lifeline rises into the black from the bottom left edge. Lastly, a blue dab of paint rests atop the lower black form near the left edge and act as a balance to the white form at right.
work_description_
A multitude of fluttery black palette-knife strokes gather together to form larger fields of matte black that fill the lower two-thirds of this large horizontal canvas. Similarly shaped black forms are gathered along the top center edge, sandwiching a horizontal area of bare canvas between the larger black form below and that which sits along the top edge. Three to four jagged orange forms rest within this bare canvas space at the center, and a tiny yellow dab of paint floats at the center of these orange forms creating a central focus point from which the rest of the composition seems to emanate. A white lightning-like figure juts through the black form from the bottom right edge, and a small blue lifeline rises into the black from the bottom left edge. Lastly, a blue dab of paint rests atop the lower black form near the left edge and act as a balance to the white form at right.
Work Description
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Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-1188, 1956. Oil on canvas, 113 x 155 1/2 inches (287 x 395 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
citation_
Clyfford Still, PH-1188, 1956. Oil on canvas, 113 x 155 1/2 inches (287 x 395 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Citation
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Work Rights Statement:
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
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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
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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
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false