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UNIQUE ID: 
1.2011.997_2
Work Type: 
paintings (visual works)
Title: 
PH-778
Title Notes: 
preferred
Title: 
Whirlwinds on Ploughed Fields
Creation Date: 
1923
Work Creator Name: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Display Measurement: 
2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (5.7 x 7 cm)
Work Material Name: 
oil paint (paint)
Work Material Support Name: 
canvas
Work Technique Name: 
brushwork
Work Style Period: 
Regionalist (American Scene)
Current Work Location Name: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Creation Location: 
Bow Island, Alberta, Canada
Work Inscription: 
Clyfford 1923
Work Inscription: 
Whirlwinds on ploughed fields
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Inscription Author: 
Still, Clyfford
Work Description: 
This tiny landscape created in a loose, impressionistic style depicts a harsh, windy atmosphere over the cultivated prairies surrounding Bow Island, Alberta. It is a companion work to PH-777, created the same year, and which depicts Still's view of Bow Island from his family's farm.
Citation: 
Clyfford Still, PH-778, 1923. Oil on canvas, 2 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (5.7 x 7 cm), Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
Work Rights Statement: 
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
Image Holding Institution: 
Clyfford Still Museum
Image Collection Name: 
CSM Art Collection: Objects
Image Rights Statement: 
Photo: Gary Regester, courtesy the Clyfford Still Museum