Detail View: Art Collection:
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UNIQUE ID:
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1.2011.577_2
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Work Type:
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paintings (visual works)
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Title:
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PH-247
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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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Title:
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1951-B
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Title:
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Big Blue
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Title Notes:
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nickname
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Creation Date:
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1951
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Work Creator Name:
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Still, Clyfford
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Work Display Measurement:
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117 x 192 inches (297.2 x 487.7 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 (48 Cooper Square)
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Work Relation:
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First version of PH-31, 1951 (CSM)
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Work Description:
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This monumental horizontally-oriented painting is filled with a rich cobalt blue pigment from top to bottom and edge to edge. A tall narrow matte black columnar form divides the composition just left of center, running from top to bottom. A barely there, neon orange "zip" or line runs parallel to the black form about a foot to its left. Lastly, a thin strip along the left edge from the bottom edge almost up to the top left corner has been left unpainted, and thus reads as a white counterpart to the black totem near center. The all-over blue pigment has sunk and become more transparent in some areas, and therefore infuses the entire surface with a dynamic, glowing presence that seems to simultaneously recede and come forward towards the viewer.
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Citation:
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Clyfford Still, PH-247, 1951. Oil on canvas, 117 x 92 inches (297.2 x 487.7 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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