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COLLECTION NAME:
Art Collection mediaCollectionId CSM~18~18 Art Collection Collection true
Record
UNIQUE ID:
1.2011.879_2 unique_id_ 1.2011.879_2 UNIQUE ID false
Work Type:
paintings (visual works) work_type paintings (visual works) Work Type false
Title:
PH-618 title PH-618 Title false
Title Notes:
preferred title_notes preferred Title Notes false
Title:
no title title no title Title false
Creation Date:
1942 creation_date 1942 Creation Date false
Work Creator Name:
Still, Clyfford work_creator_name Still, Clyfford Work Creator Name false
Work Display Measurement:
42 x 33 inches (106.7 x 83.8 cm) work_display_measurement_ 42 x 33 inches (106.7 x 83.8 cm) Work Display Measurement false
Work Material Name:
oil paint (paint) work_material_name oil paint (paint) Work Material Name false
Work Material Support Name:
canvas work_material_support_name canvas Work Material Support Name false
Work Technique Name:
palette knives (painting equipment) work_technique_name palette knives (painting equipment) Work Technique Name false
Work Style Period:
Abstract work_style_period Abstract Work Style Period false
Work Style Period:
Regionalist (American Scene) work_style_period Regionalist (American Scene) Work Style Period false
Current Work Location Name:
Clyfford Still Museum current_work_location_name Clyfford Still Museum Current Work Location Name false
Creation Location:
San Francisco, California creation_location_ San Francisco, California Creation Location false
Work Description:
In this strange composition, Still has depicted clearly recognizable machinery and mechanistic objects from the ship yards in which he was working. However, the objects are transformed into enigmatic presences which seem to hover, suspended in space from crane cables all over the canvas. A yellow ship hull hovers in the top left, and a rectangular plow-shaped object looms in the top right. Pulleys dot the composition from top to bottom, and dark crane silhouettes line the horizon near the bottom edge. Still's use of color is also notable in this work. He sets deep blues and purples for the swirling sky in the background against glowing yellows, golds, and rust tones found in the floating foreground objects. This complimentary color contrast of the background and foreground emphasizes Still's unique handling of space. By placing the bright mechanistic objects randomly across a deep blue ground, figure and field become unified and create an all-over composition. work_description_ In this strange composition, Still has depicted clearly recognizable machinery and mechanistic objects from the ship yards in which he was working. However, the objects are transformed into enigmatic presences which seem to hover, suspended in space from crane cables all over the canvas. A yellow ship hull hovers in the top left, and a rectangular plow-shaped object looms in the top right. Pulleys dot the composition from top to bottom, and dark crane silhouettes line the horizon near the bottom edge. Still's use of color is also notable in this work. He sets deep blues and purples for the swirling sky in the background against glowing yellows, golds, and rust tones found in the floating foreground objects. This complimentary color contrast of the background and foreground emphasizes Still's unique handling of space. By placing the bright mechanistic objects randomly across a deep blue ground, figure and field become unified and create an all-over composition. Work Description false
Citation:
Clyfford Still, PH-618, 1942. Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 inches (106.7 x 83.8 cm). Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO. citation_ Clyfford Still, PH-618, 1942. Oil on canvas, 42 x 33 inches (106.7 x 83.8 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 Work Rights Statement false
Image Holding Institution:
Clyfford Still Museum image_holding_institution_ Clyfford Still Museum Image Holding Institution false
Image Collection Name:
CSM Art Collection: Objects image_collection_name 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

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